What is the ruling on the Ramadan slaughter, which is called al-'Ashwah or al-Yatimah?

Question:
May Allah reward you. Many people slaughter an animal in the month of Ramadan, which they call al-'Ashwah or al-Yatimah, on some days of Ramadan. Whoever does not slaughter it feels a sense of deficiency, and perhaps he slaughters it on credit or in advance. What is the ruling on this action, may Allah protect you?

Answer:
We do not know of any basis for it. Some of the common people call it ten and two thousand, and the slaughter is not limited to one animal; they do whatever they receive as food and eat it themselves, along with their relatives, neighbors, and the like. This is something people have become accustomed to, but it has no established basis in the Shari'ah. What is prescribed is charity and kindness in Ramadan, in its days and nights, more and more than in other times, because it is a blessed month, a month in which deeds are multiplied and good deeds are multiplied. It is prescribed for the believers to give charity and be kind with food, meat, tears, clothing, and other types of wealth. However, a specific slaughter for a specific occasion or on a specific night has no basis. Rather, whenever he wishes, he may give it, eat, feed others, and give charity, or give charity in money, food, or clothing. This specific time is not intended, neither on the first day nor the second day nor any other day. But he should increase his charity and deeds in Ramadan, and his deeds in the last ten days should be more in terms of charity, prayers, dhikr, and the like. As for slaughtering a specific animal with a specific name, this has no basis. May Allah reward you.