[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the cutting of missed fasts of Ramadan, so he said, "What do you think if one of you had a debt, and he paid a dirham or two dirhams, would that not be sufficient payment? Allah is more deserving of pardoning or forgiving." Ali narrated that the hadith is hasan (favorable), except that it is marfu' (elevated) and has been narrated by someone other than Abu Bakr from Yahya bin Sulaim, and it does not have a continuous chain. The sheikh said that it has also been narrated from another weak source, from Ibn Umar as marfu', and it has been narrated in its opposite from Abu Hurairah about forbidding cutting the fasts as marfu'. How can this be correct when the madhhab (school of thought) of Abu Hurairah allows for breaking the fasts and the madhhab of Ibn Umar allows for continuation? It has also been narrated from another source, from Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As, as marfu', in allowance for breaking the fasts, but nothing from that is valid.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ تَقْطِيعِ قَضَاءِ صِيَامِ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْكَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَحَدِكُمْ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَى الدِّرْهَمَ وَالدِّرْهَمَيْنِ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَضَاءً؟ فَاللهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يَعْفُوَ أَوْ يَغْفِرَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ إِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ مُرْسَلٌ وَقَدْ وَصَلَهُ غَيْرُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ وَلَا يَثْبُتُ مُتَّصِلًا قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ ضَعِيفٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ مَرْفُوعًا وَقَدْ رُوِيَ فِي مُقَابَلَتِهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِي النَّهْيِ عَنِ الْقَطْعِ مَرْفُوعًا وَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ صَحِيحًا وَمَذْهَبُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ جَوَازُ التَّفْرِيقِ وَمَذْهَبُ ابْنِ عُمَرَ الْمُتَابَعَةُ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ مَرْفُوعًا فِي جَوَازِ التَّفْرِيقِ وَلَا يَصِحُّ شَيْءٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ