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aware that there are dangers in delay as the worshiper runs the risk of
disobedience should he postpone beyond the appointed moment. Whenever the
impulse to good arises from within, the opportunity must be grasped at once as
heaven sent. „The heart of the believer lies between two fingers of the All
Merciful.‟ Yet how fickle the heart! satan threatens poverty and bids us to
commit atrocious and abominable deeds. Demonic suggestion follows hard on
the heels of angelic inspiration. One should therefore seize the opportunity and
fix a definite month for paying the obligatory charity (if one is used to paying it all
at once). One should endeavor to choose one of the most propitious times,
resulting in extra closeness to Allah and compounding the value of the Zakat.
Such a favorable time would be the month of Muharram, since it is the first in the
year and one of the sacred Months; or Ramadan, for the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, who was the best of all beings, and during Ramadan he was
as unstinting as the breeze that blows. Ramadan also enjoys the special virtue of
the Night of Honor, as well as being the month in, which the Koran was sent
down. Dhul Hijja is also one of the months of great merit; as well as being a
disobedience should he postpone beyond the appointed moment. Whenever the
impulse to good arises from within, the opportunity must be grasped at once as
heaven sent. „The heart of the believer lies between two fingers of the All
Merciful.‟ Yet how fickle the heart! satan threatens poverty and bids us to
commit atrocious and abominable deeds. Demonic suggestion follows hard on
the heels of angelic inspiration. One should therefore seize the opportunity and
fix a definite month for paying the obligatory charity (if one is used to paying it all
at once). One should endeavor to choose one of the most propitious times,
resulting in extra closeness to Allah and compounding the value of the Zakat.
Such a favorable time would be the month of Muharram, since it is the first in the
year and one of the sacred Months; or Ramadan, for the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, who was the best of all beings, and during Ramadan he was
as unstinting as the breeze that blows. Ramadan also enjoys the special virtue of
the Night of Honor, as well as being the month in, which the Koran was sent
down. Dhul Hijja is also one of the months of great merit; as well as being a