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Do bad deeds multiply in Ramadan just as good deeds do, and is there any evidence for that?

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Good deeds and bad deeds are multiplied in blessed times and places. The multiplication of good deeds differs from that of bad deeds; a good deed is multiplied in quantity and quality, meaning in number and reward, while a bad deed is multiplied in quality only, meaning its sin is greater and its punishment more severe, but it is not multiplied in number, so a bad deed counts as one bad deed. Scholars have inferred this from His (Allah's) saying: "Whoever comes with a good deed will have ten times its like, and whoever comes with a bad deed will not be recompensed except with its like; and they will not be wronged" (Al-An'am: 160), and His saying: "And whoever intends therein to commit a deviation [from righteousness] or wrong, We will make him taste of a painful punishment" (Al-Hajj: 25).

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