اَلَّذِيۡنَ يُنۡفِقُوۡنَ اَمۡوَالَهُمۡ بِالَّيۡلِ وَالنَّهَارِ سِرًّا وَّعَلَانِيَةً فَلَهُمۡ اَجۡرُهُمۡ عِنۡدَ رَبِّهِمۡۚ وَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُوۡنَؔ۔
"Those who spend their wealth night and day, secretly and openly, they have their reward with their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve."
This verse describes the great reward for and exalted station of those people who are used to spending their income in the way of Allah. They are those who keep spending their income in the way of Allah in all conditions, during daytime and nighttime, and both secretly and in front of people. This tells us that there is no preferred time for giving Sadaqah (voluntary charity) and Khayrat, one gets great reward for it regardless of the time of day. Similarly, spending on charity, both secretly and in front of other people, brings great rewards, the only condition being that it should be done with purity of intention (Ikhlas), and the intention should not be to earn praise or fame.
One point to remember in this relation is that when people hear about the merits of doing Sadaqah in the month of Ramadan they go to such an extreme that at times they see people in financial distress and difficulties, they know they are able to help them financially, but still don't do it because they are waiting for Ramadan believing that they will get more thawab (reward) if they will give Sadaqah in ramadan. Relieving another human being's distress is one of the greatest virtues there is, and it doesn't even matter whether the person whose distress you are relieving is a Muslim or a non-Muslim. If and when we see someone in such a situation we should try to relieve their distress immediately if we are able to do so, and InshaAllah (God willing) we will earn much greater reward by doing that than leaving them in distress and waiting for Ramadan with an intention to earning more thawab.
Adapted from Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi Rehmatullah Elaih
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