Can medical care become Sadaqah Jariyah?
Sadaqah Jariyah · lasting medical care
A gift that creates continuing benefit can reach beyond the day you give. In medical care, that can mean a treatment space used repeatedly or knowledge carried into a healthcare professional's working life.
Doctor-led medical aid for Palestinians since 2006 · Registered charity 1144772
PIMA's current Medical Student Fund is one opportunity it describes as Sadaqah Jariyah. Read the appeal and its donation terms before choosing your gift.
“When a person dies, their deeds come to an end except for three, including a continuing charity.”The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ · Sahih Muslim 1631
Sadaqah Jariyah turns one moment of giving into benefit that continues, each time another patient is treated or another clinician uses what was built.
What makes the gift lasting
One gift can keep returning as care
One gift. Many patients.
A durable medical benefit can serve people again and again.
Reward that continues
The benefit carries on after the first treatment and after the day you gave.
Give for someone you love
Charity may be given on behalf of someone who has passed. Sahih al-Bukhari 2756.
Built to keep serving
The value lies in a benefit that can continue to serve patients.
The short answer
Giving that keeps serving patients
A medical gift becomes Sadaqah Jariyah when its benefit is designed to continue. It may restore a place where treatment happens, equip care that will be used repeatedly or strengthen the people who will treat patients for years. The label belongs to the lasting benefit, not simply to the size of the donation.
How a medical gift can continue
Build care that is still there for the next patient
Examples of medical work whose benefits can continue beyond a single treatment. These are not a list of currently open restricted funds.
An operating theatre returned to use
PIMA reports restoring the operating floor at Haifa Hospital. A restored clinical space can support repeated surgical care.
Neonatal care that serves baby after baby
Approved durable equipment and clinical capacity can protect newborns through repeated use.
Community clinics that keep their doors open
A maintained clinic can assess, treat and refer patients long after one emergency has passed.
Knowledge carried into years of care
PIMA supports medical student fees and training because a clinician’s knowledge reaches every future patient they treat.
A gift in their name
Let their memory keep bringing care
Sa'd ibn Ubadah asked whether charity given on behalf of his mother after her death would benefit her. The Prophet ﷺ answered yes, and Sa'd gave his garden in charity on her behalf.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2756
You can give charity on behalf of someone you love. Choose a project whose purpose and donation terms match the gift you intend.
GIVE WITH CONFIDENCE
Choose a gift with a clear purpose
PIMA describes its Medical Student Fund as a Sadaqah Jariyah opportunity: education can benefit the patients a future healthcare professional goes on to treat.
Read the current appeal and its donation declaration before giving. PIMA aims to use donations for the selected project; its published terms explain when funds may be used elsewhere in its work.
For another lasting medical project, ask PIMA about the current opportunity and how your gift would be used. Contact PIMA.
PIMA is an independent, non-political UK registered charity, number 1144772.