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You do not delay that charity to the month of Ramadan, especially when the month of Ramadan

is a month away or a few weeks away and the desperation is current.

Allah will reward you for having given that charity as though it was given in the month

of Ramadan because he knows that was your underlying intention or that is what you do

all the time.

But if we were to hold back on the charities or the Zaka knowing that it is ready, we have

it to be given and we don't want to give it waiting for the month of Ramadan while people

are in desperate need of charity, be it food or medicine or whatever else it may be, we

would actually be wrong.

So let us not wait for the month of Ramadan.

This time, let us start giving our charities from now.

One of the ways of earning the pleasure of the Almighty is to become very charitable, to

give.

And this was a very interesting reminder, increase your rewards by starting to give the charity

now.

Don't wait for the month of Ramadan.

This time, as you know, the globe is going through some unprecedented times.

Times we'd never imagined would have come in our lives.

In fact, just a few months back, no one would have dreamt that we were going to go through

a phase as difficult as this.

People have lost jobs.

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