Tarikah is the estate — everything the deceased leaves behind.
The Canadian position
Corresponds to the estate, though Canadian assets passing by designation never enter it.
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
Funeral costs, debts, bequest and shares are paid from it in that order.
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.
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.
- Surah an-Nisa 4:11 — shares of children and parents — Quran.com
- Surah an-Nisa 4:12 — shares of spouses and uterine siblings — Quran.com
- Surah an-Nisa 4:176 — the kalalah verse — Quran.com
- Research Papers — Cambridge Muslim College
- Research — Cambridge Muslim College
- Academics — Islamic law and theology curriculum — Zaytuna College
- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- Apply for probate of an estate — Government of Ontario
- Estate Administration Tax — Government of Ontario
- Estates Act, RSO 1990, c E.21 — Government of Ontario
- Co executor refuses to sign probate application ontario — Treadstone Law
- Notifying beneficiaries before probate application ontario — Treadstone Law
- Selling a house before probate granted ontario — Treadstone Law
- Joint ownership right of survivorship probate risks ontario — Treadstone Law
- Estate trustee authority before certificate ontario — Treadstone Law
- Probate avoidance strategies ontario courts struck down — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law