Ijazah is the heirs' consent validating a bequest that would otherwise fail.
The Canadian position
Canadian law needs no such consent; the will governs on its own terms.
Canadian law gives effect to whatever a valid will says, so an Islamic concept takes effect here through the drafting rather than automatically.
The Islamic position
Consent given before death is generally not binding in the majority view.
Confirm the position for your own family and school with a qualified scholar rather than relying on a general summary.
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.
- Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 55: Wills and Testaments (Wasaya) — Sunnah.com
- Sahih Muslim, Book of Wills — Sunnah.com
- Surah al-Baqarah 2:180 — the bequest verse — Quran.com
- 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
- Fro garnish trust distributions to beneficiary payor ontario — Treadstone Law
- Estate trustee during litigation selling property ontario — Treadstone Law
- Trust attribution rules income splitting — Treadstone Law
- Trust for the family cottage ontario — Treadstone Law
- Nrst definition foreign entity taxable trustee ontario — Treadstone Law
- Choosing estate trustee ontario — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law