An asset list, account details, insurance policies, digital access, the location of the original will, and your burial instructions.
The Canadian position
None of this belongs in the will itself, which becomes a public record after probate.
Keep it in a sealed document your executor knows about.
The Islamic position
Making the estate findable is part of the same obligation as making the will findable.
Cryptocurrency with no recorded key is simply lost to the heirs.
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.
What to do about it
- List accounts, policies and property.
- Record where the original will is kept.
- Note digital access separately and securely.
- Include burial instructions.
- Update it annually.
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.
- Research Papers — Cambridge Muslim College
- Research — Cambridge Muslim College
- Academics — Islamic law and theology curriculum — Zaytuna College
- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- Locating wills and documents — Law Society of Ontario
- 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
- Joint bank account income tax after death ontario — Treadstone Law
- Body disposition dispute no will instructions ontario — Treadstone Law
- Title still in deceased name selling property ontario — Treadstone Law
- Tax instalments deceased taxpayer final year canada — Treadstone Law
- Filing deadline deceased person ontario — Treadstone Law
- Transferring a car after death ontario probate — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law