Review it after any birth, death, marriage, divorce, property purchase or move between provinces — and otherwise every three to five years.
The Canadian position
Provincial rules on revocation by marriage have changed recently and not uniformly, so older wills need checking.
Faraid shares change as the family changes.
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.
Making an Islamic will in Canada — province by province, and what makes one valid where you live →
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
- Ontario will marriage divorce effect revocation — Treadstone Law
- Mutual wills blended family ontario — Treadstone Law
- Mutual wills blended family ontario agreement — Treadstone Law
- Multiple wills ontario private company shares probate avoidance — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law