Is the reward for deeds increasing in Ramadan?
“Good and bad deeds are multiplied in places of special merit, such as Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem and mosques. They also multiply due to the dignity of the time like Friday, forbidden months and Ramadan. As for the multiplication of good deeds, there is no disagreement about the multiplication of bad deeds, scholars disagreed, and some, following the opinion of Ibn ‘Abbas and Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with them), said that bad deeds are increasing … But some researchers objected to them saying: “They (Ibn ‘Abbas and Ibn Mas’ud) meant the increase in the severity of the sin and the severity of the punishment for it, and not the increase in the number of bad deeds ” ” “ Matalib ul al-Nuh ”2 / 385
Shaykh Ibn ‘Utaymin (may Allah have mercy on him) said : “Good and bad deeds multiply due to the dignity of the time and place of its commission. A good deed multiplies both in quantity and in the degree of reward, while a bad deed multiplies only in the severity of the sin and in the severity of the punishment for it, and does not multiply in quantity. After all, Allah Almighty said in the surah al-An’am sent down in Mecca ( semantic translation ): “Whoever comes with a good deed, for that – ten like him, and whoever comes with a bad, will be rewarded only to those who are like him, and with them they will not act unjustly ”( 6: 160 ). He also said ( semantic translation ): “To those who incline in it (the Protected Mosque ) to injustice, We will give them a taste of excruciating suffering” (22:25 ). Allah did not say: we will multiply their deeds, but said: “We will give them a taste of excruciating suffering.” Therefore, the multiplication of a bad deed in Mecca or Medina will only be in the gravity of sin. That is, the punishment will be more painful and painful, in accordance with the words of the Almighty ( semantic translation ): “For those who incline in it (the Protected Mosque ) to injustice, We will give them a taste of excruciating suffering” ( 22:25) ” See“ ash- Sharh al-Mumti ‘”7/262