Many knew him as the doctor of the poor. For decades he treated people who could barely afford medical care.
At his clinic he asked only for a small basic fee. Anyone who could not pay even that was treated all the same. For him, medicine was not a path to fame, standing, or wealth. It was a service to those who often had no one.
It is said that a child once asked him why his mother had to die simply because she had no money for treatment. That question never left him. Out of that pain came a decision: he wanted to be a doctor for exactly these people.
إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَاءً وَلَا شُكُورًا
“We feed you only for the sake of Allah. We desire from you neither reward nor thanks.”
Sūrat al-Insān (76:9)
Mercy as service
In a time when medicine has often become expensive, hard, and distant, Dr. Mashally lived out something very simple: mercy.