No. Funeral expenses are not deductible on the final return, though they are payable from the estate ahead of other debts.
The Canadian position
They rank first in the order of payment, which is what matters practically.
Keep receipts for the estate accounting.
The Islamic position
The fixed shares apply to the net estate after funeral expenses, debts and any bequest capped at one third.
Where a Canadian mechanism has no classical counterpart, treat it as a contemporary question for a scholar rather than assuming an answer.
The four Sunni schools are not recorded as differing materially on this point in the sources reviewed. Where your own case turns on it, put it to a scholar of your school.
General information, not legal or religious advice. Inheritance depends entirely on the exact family circumstances. Confirm the Canadian position with a lawyer in your province and any religious ruling with a qualified scholar.
Citations & sources
Every factual claim on this page traces to one of the references below. Legislation and dollar thresholds change — verify against the primary source before relying on any figure.
- Research Papers — Cambridge Muslim College
- Research — Cambridge Muslim College
- Academics — Islamic law and theology curriculum — Zaytuna College
- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- What to do when someone has died — Canada Revenue Agency
- Income Tax Act, RSC 1985, c 1 (5th Supp) — Justice Laws Canada
- Apply for probate of an estate — Government of Ontario
- Estate Administration Tax — Government of Ontario
- Estates Act, RSO 1990, c E.21 — Government of Ontario
- Does ontario have an estate tax — Treadstone Law
- Deemed disposition on death canada what it means — Treadstone Law
- Cra clearance certificate estate ontario — Treadstone Law
- Cra clearance certificate before dissolving ontario corporation — Treadstone Law
- Twenty one year deemed disposition trust canada ontario — Treadstone Law
- Cryptocurrency deemed disposition tax ontario — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law