Yes, and often you should. Each must be expressly limited to its own jurisdiction so they do not revoke one another.
The Canadian position
Yes, and often you should. Each must be expressly limited to its own jurisdiction so they do not revoke one another.
Provincial law governs administration, so confirm the position where the estate will actually be administered.
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 qualified scholar.
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
- Canadian Legal Information Institute — CanLII
- Succession Law Reform Act, RSO 1990, c S.26 — Government of Ontario
- Administering estates — Government of Ontario
- Estate trustee without will ontario — Treadstone Law
- Burden of proof in a will challenge ontario — Treadstone Law
- Spendthrift beneficiary trust ontario will — Treadstone Law
- Can a beneficiary witness a will ontario — Treadstone Law
- Waiving rights under spouses will marriage contract ontario — Treadstone Law
- What is a codicil ontario — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law