The order in which gifts are reduced when an estate cannot pay everything.
In Islamic law
Faraid handles a shortfall differently, through 'awl, which reduces all fixed shares proportionally.
In Canadian law
Residue is exhausted first, then general legacies, then specific gifts.
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We have not yet researched whether the four Sunni schools differ on this term, so we are not going to tell you either way. Where a specific case turns on it, ask a qualified scholar rather than relying on a general summary.
Canadian legal detail
Treadstone Law, an Ontario firm with a wills and estates practice, covers the Canadian side of this in more depth:
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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
- Specific gifts bequests ontario will — Treadstone Law
- Rrsp vs tfsa which to use first ontario — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law