Types of Charity and Effects
Good words, patience against harm, keeping one’s needs secret, keeping alms
secret, keeping pain secret, keeping misfortunes secret, deeds done for the sake
of Allah, killing for the sake of Allah Most High (which is highest degree of
charity), perfection of secret deeds as much as public ones, endeavors to do
favor to friends which prolongs life, charity to parents leads to charity of
children to you, praying and remembrance of Allah in the night, alms.
* Book: Materialwest. By sayed Sami Khadra.