Whatever
material or intellectual resources Allah has bestowed
upon you, keep them open for the physical, intellectual
and spiritual development of others 002-254 . You should
do so both in times of prosperity as well as in times of
adversity 003-134 . Those who are rich should do so
according to their means and those who are straitened
should do so according to their means 065-007 . As far as
financial resources are concerned, whatever is beyond
your needs, must be left open for the welfare of others
002-219 . Those, for whom you should keep your resources
open, include: your parents; family and relatives;
orphans, widows, and those who are left helpless; those
whose hard earned income is insufficient to meet their
basic needs, those whose businesses have stalled, and
those who have lost their jobs; the needy wayfarer, the
homeless son of the street, and the one who has come to
your town in a destitute condition; the needy who are
suffering in the Cause of Allah and cannot emigrate;
those who are unable to go about the earth in search of
livelihood; those who are unaware of their condition,
might think they are free from want, because they
abstain from begging but you can recognize them by the
marks on their faces because they do not ask people
insistently 002-215 ,002-273
.
Spend on
others in the open or in secret 002-274,013-022, 014-031,
035-029, in daylight or at night 002-274 but make sure
you do not spend just to be seen or to show off 002-264
4:38]. Spend on others from what is good and you like it
for yourself 002-267 . Spend from things you love 003-092 .
And, spend from what you have earned with your own hard
work 002-267 .
Do not
reproach those whom you give, for what you confer upon
them; do not remind them of your generosity; do not
recount your gifts to them; and, do not hurt them with
any annoying remarks 002-262, 002-264 .