A senior Mufti says that the 6 Shawwaal Fasts are Makrooh.

Answer

The senior Mufti Sahib is short -sighted. His Ilm is superficial, hence he could muster up the audacity to decry a practice which is entrenched in the Math-hab since fourteen centuries. He did not stop to reflect on the fact that it is the practice of all our Akaabireen and of all Math-habs.

Secondly, every fatwa of the Hanafi Math-hab is not necessarily the view of Imaam Abu Hanifah (Rahmatullah alayh). There are many issues on which Imaam Abu Hanifah has a contrary view to the Mufta Bihi version which could be the view of Imaam Abu Yusuf (Rahmatullah alayh) or of Imaam Muhammad (Rahmatullah alayh) or of both. For example, Aqeeqah, according to Imaam Abu Hanifah (Rahmatullah alayh), the Qur'baani has displaced Aqeeqah. However, this is not the Fatwa of the Math-hab.

Thirdly, Imaam Abu Hanifah stated the Makrooh view for the six fasts at a time when it was being considered Waajib.