Deeds
multiplying in Ramadhaan
source:
silsilat ul-hudā wa nnūr ~ the series of guidance and light
~ tape no. 692 & 693
Question #11: “Are good deeds multiplied in general during
Ramadhān and likewise evil deeds?”
Shaykh al-Albānī answers:
“This question is also often brought up regarding Makkah and
the one residing in Makkah, whether he is a foreigner or a
Makkan; are good deeds and evil deeds multiplied over there?
The answer: there isn’t any text in the Islamic legislation
clearly (stating) that good deeds are multiplied, and
likewise evil deeds, due to the excellence of a (certain)
place or the excellence of a (certain) time; excellence of a
place like Makkah and Madīnah for example (and) excellence
of a time like this month of ours, the month of Ramadhān.
There isn’t any clear text about good deeds or evil deeds
being multiplied (in such cases). But some of the scholars,
by way of deduction, say that they are multiplied – by way
of deduction, i.e., not based on a text but rather by way of
ijtihād.[1] So if someone says that good deeds are
multiplied, there is no harm in that because it is the
saying of some of the scholars. But it is not allowed to be
absolutely certain about that due to the nonexistence of
(relevant evidence mentioned in) the holy text which
‘falsehood cannot come to from before it or behind it.’”[2]
~ asaheeha translations ~
[1] independent reasoning
[2] Sūrah Fussilat, 41:42
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