Yes. Beneficiaries have a right to an accounting, and can apply to compel a formal passing of accounts if the executor will not provide one.
The Canadian position
The court reviews receipts, disbursements and the compensation claimed.
Costs of a contested passing are often borne by the estate.
The Islamic position
Accountability is intrinsic to holding property as an amanah.
Requesting accounts is not an accusation; it is the normal entitlement.
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.
- Research Papers — Cambridge Muslim College
- Research — Cambridge Muslim College
- Academics — Islamic law and theology curriculum — Zaytuna College
- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- Administering estates — Government of Ontario
- Canadian Legal Information Institute — CanLII
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