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The virtue of charity in Ramadan and to whom it is given?

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Question : One of the questions, Honorable Shaykh, is about the virtue of charity in Ramadan, and to whom charity is given in Ramadan, and its specific designation in this blessed month. Perhaps you have an answer regarding that?

Answer : Generosity in Ramadan is better than generosity in other times, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was the most generous of people, and he was at his most generous in Ramadan when Jibril would meet him to review the Qur'an with him. Did not the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) become more generous with good than the sending wind? And charity in Ramadan has the honor of the time. So it is better in it than in other times. A reference to the time. But. Charity may be. at a time when the need of the poor is more severe? Then charity at that time is better than charity in Ramadan. Because charity in Ramadan has the honor of the time, but if the poor in Ramadan receive charities that make them self-sufficient, but in other than Ramadan their needs are such that they need them, then charity at the time of the poor's need is better.
Because that is closer to the intended purpose of charity, since the most important purpose in charity is that the poor benefit from it. So the more their benefit from it is, the better it is. For this reason, we do not see that all people agree on charities in Ramadan and abstaining in other than Ramadan. Rather, a person should consider the need of the poor before considering the time. If the two are equal, then there is no doubt that charity in Ramadan is better, because of the following the example of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and because of meeting the need of the poor in this blessed month, so that they may devote themselves to worship, such as prayer, Qur'an, and remembrance. Yes. May Allah reward you.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 893- فضل الصدقة في رمضان ولمن تعطى؟/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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