Is authoring a book on medicine considered an ongoing charity (ṣadaqa jāriya) and beneficial knowledge ('ilm yuntafa' bih)?
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A beneficial book is knowledge from which benefit is derived, and teaching medicine for the sake of Allah has virtue. As for continuous charity ( jariyah), it is an endowment (waqf). For a book to be continuous charity, it must be endowed and made accessible for benefit, such as placing it as an endowment in public libraries.
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