Question
Is it permissible to fast the six days of Shawwaal before making up days that I did not fast in Ramadaan, if there is not enough time left in the month to do both? May Allaah reward you with good.


Answer
Praise be to Allaah.
Fasting six days of Shawwaal is dependent upon having completed the Ramadaan fast, according to the correct view. This is indicated by the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “Whoever fasts Ramadaan then follows it with six days of Shawwaal, it will be as if he fasted a lifetime.” Narrated by Muslim, 1164.

The conjunction thumma (then) indicates that this must be done in this order. This indicates that the fast of Ramadaan must be completed first (by observing the Ramadaan fast and making up any missed fasts), then after that one may fast the six days of Shawwaal, so as to attain the reward mentioned in the hadeeth.

The one who still owes missed Ramadaan fasts is said to have fasted part of Ramadaan; we cannot say that he has fasted Ramadaan.
But if a person has an excuse that kept him from fasting the six days of Shawwaal in Shawwaal because he had to make up missed fasts – such as a woman who was bleeding followed childbirth and spent all of Shawwaal making up for Ramadaan – then she may fast six days of Shawwaal in Dhu’l-Qa’dah, because she was excused. Similarly for anyone who has an excuse it is prescribed to make up the six days of Shawwaal in Dhu’l-Qa’dah, after making up the missed Ramadaan fasts. But the one who lets the month of Shawwaal go by without fasting these days and with no excuse, will not attain this reward.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen was asked: What if a woman owes days from Ramadaan – is it permissible for her to give precedence to fasting the six days of Shawwaal over making up the days she owes, or should she give priority to the days she owes over fasting the six days of Shawwaal?

He replied: If a woman still owes days from Ramadaan, then she should not fast the six days of Shawwaal until after she has made up what she owes, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever fasts Ramadaan then follows it with six days of Shawwaal…” Whoever still has days to make up from Ramadaan has not fasted Ramadaan, so she will not attain the reward of fasting the six days of Shawwaal until after she has finished making up the days she owes. If we assume that this making up missed fasts lasts throughout Shawwaal, such as if a woman was bleeding following childbirth and did not fast at all in Ramadaan, then she started to make up her missed fasts in Shawaal and did not finish that until Dhu’l-Qa’dah began, then she may fast the six days, and she will have the reward of one who fasted them in Shawwaal, because she delayed it for a necessary reason, so she will have the reward.
Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 20/19

In addition to that, it is obligatory to make up missed fasts for the one who had an excuse, indeed that is part of this pillar of Islam. Based on this, hastening to do it and to discharge this duty takes priority over doing actions that are mustahabb.


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An Imam once told me that you can kill two birds with one stone i.e. if you make intention of repaying your missed Ramadan fast and perform it and because that fast was also in the month of Shawwal, it too can count simultaneously towards your sitta Shawwal.
Therefore you could achieve the required six Shawwal fast while repaying your missed Ramadan fast at the same time (if the latter are up to six or more) with less effort.

Can someone pls authenticate this.

NaMeAboki:
An Imam once told me that you can kill two birds with one stone i.e. if you make intention of repaying your missed Ramadan fast and perform it and because that fast was also in the month of Shawwal, it too can count simultaneously towards your sitta Shawwal.
Therefore you could achieve the required six Shawwal fast while repaying your missed Ramadan fast at the same time (if the latter are up to six or more) with less effort.

Can someone pls authenticate this.

A very good question here.
Your imam has a point but he isn't correct.

He has a point because there are some Islamic rulings that allow you to combine two (or even more) intentions in one deed.

He isn't correct because his ruling contradicts the hadith. The Hadith says: "then he follows it with six (days) of shawwal".

Firstly, the use of then (translation of thumma) implies that one event happens before the other. So, you fast Ramadan then six days of shawwal.

Secondly, the Hadith even uses the word atba'a (translated as follows it) to show that six days should follow the days of Ramadan.

In summary, you need to complete your Ramadan before fasting the six. Moreover, the month of shawwal has 29 days at least so it's more than enough to fast all the days you owe and the six extra.

Allaah knows best.

Can 6 days of fast be split or must it be done consecutively?

It is advisable to fast till u die.

loladius:
Can 6 days of fast be split or must it be done consecutively?

You can split it, space it the way you want but it has to be completed before the end of the month

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