Holograph wills are valid in New Brunswick.
The Canadian position
New Brunswick operates under the Wills Act and Devolution of Estates Act. Formal requirements — writing, signature, witnesses — determine validity.
A beneficiary or their spouse should never witness a will; the gift to them can be void even though the will stands.
The Islamic position
Islamic law prescribes no particular form for a wasiyyah; the classical concern is evidentiary, which matches the Canadian one.
Handwritten wills are disproportionately the ones that end up lost or ambiguous.
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.
This is legal information only. For advice on your own circumstances, speak to a lawyer.
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.
- Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 55: Wills and Testaments (Wasaya) — Sunnah.com
- Sahih Muslim, Book of Wills — Sunnah.com
- Research Papers — Cambridge Muslim College
- Research — Cambridge Muslim College
- Academics — Islamic law and theology curriculum — Zaytuna College
- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- Succession Law Reform Act, RSO 1990, c S.26 — Government of Ontario
- Locating wills and documents — Law Society of Ontario
- When should i update my will ontario — Treadstone Law
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