Give Sadaqah Jariyah through Canada’s oldest Muslim relief organisation and earn reward that continues long after you have gone. Build a water well, sponsor an orphan, or fund an education, all in one Sadaqah Jariyah donation.
"When a person dies, all their deeds come to an end except three: ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah), beneficial knowledge, and a righteous child who prays for them."
- Sahih Muslim 1631
Your generosity is more than a gift, it can support a benefit that continues beyond today. Through Sadaqah Jariya, every donation you make continues to benefit others, creating waves of goodness that last beyond this life.
Imagine a gift that continues to benefit others long after it is given. Your Sadaqah Jariya can support care, learning, and stability for years to come, allowing your generosity to be part of something lasting.
Sadaqah Jariyah is an ongoing charity. It is the rarest kind of giving, because the reward does not stop when the gift is spent. It keeps flowing back to you for as long as people continue to benefit from what you built, even after you have left this world. The Prophet (peace be upon him) named it as one of only three things that continue to reward a person after death.
Ordinary Sadaqah meets a need today. You feed a hungry family, and they eat. The reward is beautiful, but it is complete once the meal is finished. Sadaqah Jariyah is different. When you build a well, every single person who drinks from it for the next thirty years brings you a reward. When you fund a school, every child who learns to read in it, and every person they go on to teach, writes good deeds into your account. This is why so many Muslims choose to give Sadaqah Jariyah. It is the closest thing to immortality that giving can offer.
At Human Concern International, we have spent over 46 years turning the Sadaqah Jariyah of Canadian Muslims into wells, schools, orphan homes, and clinics across more than 20 countries. When you give Sadaqah Jariyah with HCI, every project is overseen by trusted field teams, verified with reports, and built to last for generations.
Many Muslims ask what the best Sadaqah Jariyah is. The honest answer is that the best Sadaqah Jariyah is the one that brings the greatest and longest-lasting benefit to people in need. Scholars often highlight water as the most virtuous, but every project below is a true Sadaqah Jariyah that keeps giving for years. Here are the projects you can fund through HCI.
A Sadaqah Jariyah well delivers clean water to a community for decades. Widely considered the best Sadaqah Jariyah because of how many lives it touches and how long it lasts.
The reward: Every drink, every washed hand, every child spared from disease writes a reward into your account for as long as the well flows.
Sponsoring an orphan provides food, healthcare, education, and a safe home to a child who has lost everything. The benefit grows with the child throughout their whole life.
The reward: A child raised in dignity becomes an adult who lifts others. Your Sadaqah Jariyah lives on through everyone they go on to help.
Building or funding a school, or sponsoring a child’s education, plants knowledge that is passed from one generation to the next. The Prophet named beneficial knowledge as a form of ongoing reward.
The reward: Every lesson learned, every exam passed, every career built carries reward back to you, even after you are gone.
Funding vocational training or a small enterprise, like a sewing workshop or a village bakery, lifts a family out of dependency permanently rather than for a single meal.
The reward: A widow earning her own income prays for you with every dollar she makes. That is Sadaqah Jariyah in its purest form.
Contributing to a place of worship or a community well-being space creates a benefit that continues with every prayer offered and every gathering held there.
The reward: Every prayer, every act of worship, every moment of community is written for you for as long as the building stands.
During Ramadan, your support helped:
Provide essential medical care and health services to vulnerable families.
Help feed hungry families and fight malnutrition.
Give children the gift of learning and a brighter future.
Deliver urgent food aid, shelter, and medical support where it’s needed most.
Invest in a child’s future with continuous support and opportunity.
One of the most beautiful things about Sadaqah Jariyah is that you can give it on behalf of someone else, and the reward reaches them by the will of Allah. Many Muslims give Sadaqah Jariyah for their parents, whether they are still living or have passed away, as a gift that keeps honouring them long after a bouquet would have wilted.
When you give Sadaqah Jariyah for parents who have passed, you become the righteous child the Prophet (peace be upon him) spoke of, the one whose ongoing charity continues to benefit them in their grave. Every time someone drinks from the well you built in your mother’s name, or a child learns to read in the school you funded for your father, reward flows to them, and to you, without end.
You can dedicate any Sadaqah Jariyah donation through HCI to a parent, a spouse, a child, or any loved one. Simply add their name when you give, and your gift becomes a living tribute that prays for them every day.
When you give Sadaqah Jariyah, you are making a gift you may never see completed in your lifetime. That makes trust everything. Here is why Canadian Muslims have trusted HCI with their ongoing charity for over four decades.
None of us knows how much time we have. The most precious thing about Sadaqah Jariyah is that it keeps working when we can no longer. A well you fund today could still be giving water, and rewarding you decades from now. There is no better time to plant that tree than today.
Give Sadaqah Jariyah now, in your name or the name of someone you love, and let your generosity become a legacy that outlives you. Every drop, every lesson, every prayer it produces will be counted for you by the One who never forgets a single act of good.
Sadaqah Jariyah is an ongoing or continuous charity in Islam. Unlike a one-time donation, its benefit keeps flowing to people over time, which means the reward keeps flowing back to the giver, even after they have died. The Prophet (peace be upon him) named it as one of three deeds that continue after death, alongside beneficial knowledge and a righteous child who prays for their parents.
The best Sadaqah Jariyah is the one that brings the greatest and longest-lasting benefit. Many scholars highlight providing water as the most virtuous, which is why a Sadaqah Jariyah water well is so beloved. Other powerful options include sponsoring an orphan, funding education, and supporting skills training. With HCI, you can give any of these.
You can donate a Sadaqah Jariyah water well online with HCI in under 60 seconds. Choose the water well option, give a full well or a partial contribution, and our field teams will build it where the need is greatest. You will receive a report once your well is complete, and you can dedicate it to a loved one.
It depends on the location and well type. A standard hand-pump well in parts of Asia can start from around $1,500, while a deep-bore or solar-powered well in drought-affected regions of Africa can exceed $5,000. Partial contributions are always welcome, and HCI pools gifts to complete wells.
Yes. You can give Sadaqah Jariyah on behalf of your parents, whether they are living or have passed away, and the reward reaches them by the will of Allah. Many Muslims build a well or fund a school in a parent’s name as a living tribute. Simply add their name when you donate through HCI.
Sadaqah is a one-time act of charity that meets an immediate need, like feeding a hungry person. Sadaqah Jariyah is an ongoing charity whose benefit continues long after the gift, like building a water well or a school. Both are rewarded; the difference is that Sadaqah Jariyah keeps rewarding you for as long as people benefit.
For as long as the project keeps benefiting people. A water well may give clean water for decades. A school can educate generations. As long as the benefit continues, the reward continues, even after the giver has passed away.
Yes. Because its benefit continues year after year, a water well is one of the clearest and most recommended examples of Sadaqah Jariyah. Every person who drinks from it brings ongoing reward to the one who gave it.