Is it permissible to combine the night of fasting six days of Shawwal with the days of making up Ramadan?
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The Shaykh : And you, yes, that is correct.
The questioner : Regarding, my dear brother, fasting the six days of Shawwal, I may have broken my fast on one day of the Ramadan that precedes Shawwal and I want to fast the six days of Shawwal. Is it permissible for me to intend to make up the fast and fast one of these six days at the same time?
The Shaykh : If you are asking about permissibility, the answer is yes, it is permissible. And I will mention to you here three levels, and the Muslim chooses from them what pleases him. The first level—and it is the highest—is to fast the make-up fasts alone and Shawwal alone. Why? Because we know that one good deed is rewarded with ten times its value. So if he fasts one day of Ramadan, he has at least ten good deeds, and if he fasts one day of Shawwal for Shawwal, that is ten good deeds, making twenty. This is the best, highest state. The second state is for one who does not have the capacity, does not have the time, does not have the energy, for one reason or another. He wants to fast one day from what is owed to him, for example, or six days from what is owed to him from Ramadan, and he wants to include the six days of Shawwal in them. This is the second level. We say: he intends to make up what is owed to him from Ramadan and does so, and he adds to this intention the intention of the six days of Shawwal. This does not result in ten plus ten being recorded for him; rather, ten plus one is recorded for him. This one is the good intention, due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Qudsi Hadith: This is the second level: at least eleven good deeds are recorded for him. The third and final level is: he fasts only what is owed to him, and the six days of Shawwal do not come to mind, or perhaps he does not know that he is in the month of Shawwal, as is the case with many Arab expatriates. Is that clear?
The questioner : Clear. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Regarding, my dear brother, fasting the six days of Shawwal, I may have broken my fast on one day of the Ramadan that precedes Shawwal and I want to fast the six days of Shawwal. Is it permissible for me to intend to make up the fast and fast one of these six days at the same time?
The Shaykh : If you are asking about permissibility, the answer is yes, it is permissible. And I will mention to you here three levels, and the Muslim chooses from them what pleases him. The first level—and it is the highest—is to fast the make-up fasts alone and Shawwal alone. Why? Because we know that one good deed is rewarded with ten times its value. So if he fasts one day of Ramadan, he has at least ten good deeds, and if he fasts one day of Shawwal for Shawwal, that is ten good deeds, making twenty. This is the best, highest state. The second state is for one who does not have the capacity, does not have the time, does not have the energy, for one reason or another. He wants to fast one day from what is owed to him, for example, or six days from what is owed to him from Ramadan, and he wants to include the six days of Shawwal in them. This is the second level. We say: he intends to make up what is owed to him from Ramadan and does so, and he adds to this intention the intention of the six days of Shawwal. This does not result in ten plus ten being recorded for him; rather, ten plus one is recorded for him. This one is the good intention, due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Qudsi Hadith:
If My slave intends to do a good deed but does not do it, We record it for him as one good deed. And if he does it, We record it for him as ten good deeds, up to a hundred good deeds, up to seven hundred, up to many times over. And Allah multiplies for whom He wills.
إذا هم عبدي بحسنة فلم يعملها اكتبوها له حسنة ، وإذا عملها اكتبوها له عشر حسنات إلى مائة حسنة ، إلى سبعمائة إلى اضعاف كثيرة ، والله يضاعف لمن يشاءThe questioner : Clear. May Allah reward you with good.
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