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Giving · Once a season

Give more in Ramadan

The practice
Set and give a higher charity amount during Ramadan than usual.
When
Each day of Ramadan
In daily life
Before Ramadan begins, pick a daily amount a bit higher than your usual giving and set it up in a donation app or in an envelope for each day. Then add one extra: an iftar for a neighbour or a food parcel for a family.

The source

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ، وَأَجْوَدُ مَا يَكُونُ فِي رَمَضَانَ، حِينَ يَلْقَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ، وَكَانَ جِبْرِيلُ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ـ يَلْقَاهُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، فَيُدَارِسُهُ الْقُرْآنَ فَلَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَجْوَدُ بِالْخَيْرِ مِنَ الرِّيحِ الْمُرْسَلَةِ‏.

“The Prophet ﷺ was the most generous of all the people, and he used to become more generous in Ramadan when Gabriel met him. Gabriel used to meet him every night during Ramadan to revise the Qur'an with him. Allah's Messenger ﷺ then used to be more generous than the fast wind”
Narrated by Ibn `AbbasSahih al-Bukhari 3554
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Arabic: ara-bukhari · Translation: Muhsin Khan (eng-bukhari), from the eng-bukhari edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.

Part of: Perfect Your Ramadan

More Sunnahs like this

Eat suhoor before you fastBefore Fajr on a day you will fastHave suhur close to FajrBefore Fajr on a fasting dayLeave false speech while fastingThrough a fasting dayWhen provoked, say 'I am fasting'When someone provokes you on a fasting dayBreak your fast as soon as the sun setsAt Maghrib on a fasting dayBreak your fast with datesAt iftar on a fasting day

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Sources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.