Not safely. A Canadian will must be capable of being carried out by an executor and understood by a court; delegating the distribution decision is likely to fail.
The Canadian position
A direction that leaves the identity of beneficiaries or the size of shares to someone else's later discretion risks being void for uncertainty.
The estate then falls into a partial intestacy or requires an interpretation application.
The Islamic position
Have the shares calculated now by a scholar, then written into the will as fractions.
The scholar's role is advisory before drafting, not operational after death.
Making an Islamic will in Canada — province by province, and what makes one valid where you live →
This is a variation on 'distribute according to Islamic law' and fails for the same reason. Fractions in the document; scholar consulted beforehand.
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 a source below. Details change — check the original source before relying on any figure, fee or legal position. Anything under “further reading” is related material, not a source for what is stated here.
- Succession Law Reform Act, RSO 1990, c S.26 — Government of Ontario
- Administering estates — Government of Ontario
- Canadian Legal Information Institute — CanLII
- Intestacy ontario no will distribution — Treadstone Law
- Can i leave out a child from my will ontario — Treadstone Law
- Executor release from beneficiaries before distribution ontario — Treadstone Law
- Executor removing court application ontario — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law