The legal location of an asset, which determines whose law applies to it.
In Islamic law
Decisive for families with land in a Muslim-majority country, where local law may apply faraid compulsorily regardless of the Canadian will.
In Canadian law
Real property is governed by the law where it is located; movable property generally by the law of the deceased's domicile.
No significant difference between the four Sunni schools is recorded on this point in the sources reviewed. 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:
- Role estate trustee during administration
- Probate jointly owned property ontario
- Probate real estate ontario land transfer estate
This entry is general information, not legal or religious advice. Inheritance turns on the exact family circumstances. Confirm Canadian law 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.
- Canadian Legal Information Institute — CanLII
- Apply for probate of an estate — Government of Ontario
- Estate Administration Tax — Government of Ontario
- Administering estates — Government of Ontario
- Multiple estate trustees all must agree to sell ontario — Treadstone Law
- Contested will probate ontario — Treadstone Law
- Challenging will after probate granted ontario — Treadstone Law
- Lost will probate ontario — Treadstone Law
- Applying estate trustee without will ontario — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law