Ongoing charity whose reward continues after death.
In Islamic law
Charity with continuing benefit — a well, a school, a copy of the Qur'an — is one of three things classically said to continue benefiting a person after death. Many Muslims direct part of the one-third wasiyyah toward it.
In Canadian law
Expressed in a Canadian will as a charitable bequest. A gift to a registered charity also generates a donation tax credit on the final return, which can materially reduce the estate's tax bill.
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:
- Charitable donation through will tax credit
- Charitable gift charity merged since will made ontario
- Disability tax credit deceased persons final return canada
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 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.
- 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
- Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 85: Laws of Inheritance (Faraid) — Sunnah.com
- Sahih Muslim, Book of Inheritance — Sunnah.com
- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- Oxford Islamic Studies / Oxford Reference — Oxford University Press
- Charitable donation through will tax credit — Treadstone Law
- Charitable gift charity merged since will made ontario — Treadstone Law
- Disability tax credit deceased persons final return canada — Treadstone Law
- Foreign tax credit deceased persons final return canada — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law