Fasting
Should One Who Owes Ramadan Make-Up Fasts Begin with Six Days of Shawwal or Make-Up Fasts?
Shaykh Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baz
Local English rendering of the selected Arabic question and answer. The Arabic source remains authoritative; this is not an official published English edition.
Question
If a person owes make-up fasts from Ramadan, should he begin with the six days of Shawwal or with the make-up fasts?
Answer (English translation)
He should begin with the make-up fasts; they take priority.