Naming it is useful context, but it is not a substitute for stating the shares. The document must be executable on its own terms.
The Canadian position
A Canadian court will not research your school's position. It reads the words in the will.
Naming the school in a letter of wishes gives helpful context without making the will depend on external interpretation.
The Islamic position
Where your school differs from others — the grandfather case, radd, the Mushtaraka — that difference must appear as actual fractions.
Otherwise the school reference does no work.
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.
- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- Research Papers — Cambridge Muslim College
- Research — Cambridge Muslim College
- Academics — Islamic law and theology curriculum — Zaytuna College
- Succession Law Reform Act, RSO 1990, c S.26 — Government of Ontario
- Administering estates — Government of Ontario
- Revoke personal care poa ontario — Treadstone Law
- Different executor for business assets ontario will — Treadstone Law
- Mutual wills blended family ontario agreement — Treadstone Law
- Spendthrift beneficiary trust ontario will — Treadstone Law
- How to revoke change will codicil ontario — Treadstone Law
- Can you challenge a will after probate ontario — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law