I have a question. Is it possible for a muslim to fast with two different intentions. For example, you want to fast six days in shawwal and you missed some days in Ramadhan, can you decide to join the two intentions for one single fasting. Rilwayne001, empiree, lexiconkabir,Rilwon and other learned muslims. I need your response to this?

Salam aleikom, Oladim001

Combining acts of worship is of two types:

One type is not correct, which is in the case of acts of worship which are independent or are part of another. In these cases, intentions cannot be combined. For example, if a man misses the Sunnah of Fajr, and the sun comes up and the time for Salaat al-Duhaa comes, the Sunnah of Fajr cannot take the place of Salaat al-Duhaa, or vice-versa. They cannot be combined, because the Sunnah of Fajr is independent, and Salaat al-Duhaa is independent, and neither of them can take the place of the other.

The same applies if an act is connected to the one that comes before it , they cannot be combined. So if a man says, “I want to have the intention of praying both fard and sunnah when I pray Fajr,” we would tell him that this is not correct, because the Sunnah (of Fajr) is directly connected to the Fard, and cannot take its place.

The second type is where what is intended is not a specific act of worship. In this case, intentions may be combined. For example: a man enters the mosque where the people are praying Salaat al-Fajr. It is known that when a man enters the mosque, he should not sit down until he prays two rak’ahs, so if he joins the imaam in that prayer, this is good enough. Why? Because the point is that he should pray two rak’ahs when he enters the mosque.

With regard to fasting the six days of Shawwaal, they are connected to Ramadaan and can only done after making up missed Ramadaan fasts. If he fasts them before making up missed Ramadaan fasts he will not attain that reward, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever fasts Ramadaan then follows it with six days of Shawwaal, it will be as if he fasted for a lifetime.” It is well known that whoever still owes days from Ramadaan is not regarded as having fasted Ramadaan until he makes up the days he missed.

ALLAH KNOWS BEST.

^^ That fatwa was given by shaykh solih munajid with some slight editing done by me, the last paragraph is from Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen in his book "Fataawa al-Siyaam"

^^

The brother already did justice to your question.

So you repay your missed fast before "six Shawwal"

Jazakumullahu khayran. Thanks for responding. May Allah increase us all in beneficial wisdom and knowledge.

Oladim001:
Jazakumullahu khayran. Thanks for responding. May Allah increase us all in BENEFICIAL wisdom and knowledge.

Wa iyak.