Can I Combine Make Up Fasts for Ramadan with Shawwal’s Sunna Fasts?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question

Is it permissible to combine intentions of make up fasts for Ramadan with the intention of the six days of Shawwal?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.

Merging the Intentions

Combining the intention of a missed fast for Ramadan during Shawwal with the intention of the sunna fasts of Shawwal is valid.

Furthermore, you will be rewarded for both intentions.

Legal Position

This is the legal position of some of the scholars, even though others took an opposing position. [Hamawi, Ghamz ‘Uyun al-Basa’ir]

Related:

• Can I Combine My Intentions for a Missed Ramadan Fast and An Optional Sunna Fast?
• Fasting Six Days of Shawwal – Ruling, Whether Consecutive, Combining Intentions, Wisdoms, and What if Unable to Fast?

Hope this helps
Allah knows best
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch teaches Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom Seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences.

He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he studied for three years in Dar al-Mustafa under some of the most outstanding scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib.

In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Quran and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Quranic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.