Answered by Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate
According to Imam Ibn Hajar al-Haytami, one obtains the reward of fasting the six days of Shawwal if one intends the sunna fast of Shawwal along with the makeup fast of Ramadan. This is the strongest position in our school. Other scholars of our school, such as Abu Makhrama, said that this is not valid. If you have the resolve, it would be superior to follow the way of caution, which is to fast the makeups and the sunna fasts of Shawwal separately (Bughyat al-Mustarshidin, 113).
And Allah knows best.
Hamza
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