[Machine] Ibn Abbas said, "It is not a problem to separate them (i.e. fast six days) according to the saying of Allah, the Most High: 'Then an equal number of days from other days.'" And Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab said concerning fasting the ten (days of Dhul-Hijjah), "It is not valid unless one begins with Ramadan."

وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يُفَرَّقَ لِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ} وَقَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ فِي صَوْمِ الْعَشْرِ لاَ يَصْلُحُ حَتَّى يَبْدَأَ بِرَمَضَانَ.