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Is the fasting of make-up days, with the intention of combining the making up of missed Ramadan days and the six days of Shawwal, sufficient for making up the missed days of Ramadan?

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The answer is summarized in the following points:

- The issue of combining the intention of making up for missed Ramadan fasts with fasting the six days of Shawwal is a matter of scholarly disagreement. Some scholars permit it and believe that the reward for the six days is obtained through the make-up fast, while others forbid this combination and deem the fast invalid if it combines both intentions. - The questioner's fasting with both intentions is a matter of disagreement among scholars. Some scholars validate it and believe she deserves the reward for the supererogatory fast and is absolved from the make-up fast, while others believe that the make-up fast is not absolved. - The more cautious approach is to re-fast the missed days. - Suspending the intention of making up for missed fasts on the premise that combining intentions is impermissible is not sufficient, as it negates the decisive nature of the intention. A condition for fasting an obligatory fast is to have a decisive and specific intention before dawn.

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