Is it obligatory to prioritize making up missed days of Ramadan and fulfilling a vow over the six days of Shawwal?
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The questioner : Is it permissible to prioritize fasting a vow over the six days?
The Shaykh : It is obligatory, not merely permissible.
The questioner : Well, what if the day of the vow happens to fall on one of the three days of every month?
The Shaykh :Sunan Ibn Majah 1726Hasan (Darussalam) .
The questioner : In general?
The Shaykh : Yes, please go ahead.
The questioner : Regarding the fasting of the six days, it seems to me from the previous answer that it is assumed that one who wants to fast the six days of Shawwal must make up what he owes from Ramadan?
The Shaykh : Yes, because the obligatory is prioritized over the voluntary, and because a person does not control himself or his lifespan; his term may come to him in his best state, but it may come to him in his worst state while he is fasting the six days, and he dies as a sinner because he did not make up what he owed of the obligatory, while he was fasting voluntarily. Perhaps you remember with me a phrase narrated in some books of athar; it may be in Ibn Abi Shaybah’s Musannaf, but I remember with certainty that it is in the fatwas of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), who said, meaning: "Allah (Mighty and Majestic) does not accept a voluntary act before the performance of the obligatory." Do you remember anything of this?
The questioner : As for the athar, as I said, it is well-known exactly, but regarding its authenticity, is it authentic?
The Shaykh : No, it is certainly authentic. Yes, and this athar is cited as evidence and for guidance, because if we did not know it at all, or knew it with a weak chain, we would not lose anything, because the statement I mentioned earlier is sufficient for us. Is that clear?
The questioner : Is that clear?
The Shaykh : It is obligatory, not merely permissible.
The questioner : Well, what if the day of the vow happens to fall on one of the three days of every month?
The Shaykh :
apart from days when you are obliged to fast
إلا فيما افترض عليكمThe questioner : In general?
The Shaykh : Yes, please go ahead.
The questioner : Regarding the fasting of the six days, it seems to me from the previous answer that it is assumed that one who wants to fast the six days of Shawwal must make up what he owes from Ramadan?
The Shaykh : Yes, because the obligatory is prioritized over the voluntary, and because a person does not control himself or his lifespan; his term may come to him in his best state, but it may come to him in his worst state while he is fasting the six days, and he dies as a sinner because he did not make up what he owed of the obligatory, while he was fasting voluntarily. Perhaps you remember with me a phrase narrated in some books of athar; it may be in Ibn Abi Shaybah’s Musannaf, but I remember with certainty that it is in the fatwas of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), who said, meaning: "Allah (Mighty and Majestic) does not accept a voluntary act before the performance of the obligatory." Do you remember anything of this?
The questioner : As for the athar, as I said, it is well-known exactly, but regarding its authenticity, is it authentic?
The Shaykh : No, it is certainly authentic. Yes, and this athar is cited as evidence and for guidance, because if we did not know it at all, or knew it with a weak chain, we would not lose anything, because the statement I mentioned earlier is sufficient for us. Is that clear?
The questioner : Is that clear?
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