Combining positions from different schools into one composite ruling.
In Islamic law
Selecting the most convenient position from each school is generally criticised. It matters in inheritance because mixing, say, the Hanafi position on radd with a Maliki position elsewhere can produce a distribution no school would accept.
In Canadian law
A practical warning: an estate plan assembled from several online sources may be internally incoherent. Have one scholar review the whole plan.
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:
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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 one of the references below. Legislation and dollar thresholds change — verify against the primary source before relying on any figure.
- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- Oxford Islamic Studies / Oxford Reference — Oxford University Press
- Research Papers — Cambridge Muslim College
- Research — Cambridge Muslim College
- Academics — Islamic law and theology curriculum — Zaytuna College
- Renovatio: The Journal of Zaytuna College — Zaytuna College
- Succession Law Reform Act, RSO 1990, c S.26 — Government of Ontario
- Locating wills and documents — Law Society of Ontario
- Will witness rules ontario who can witness — Treadstone Law
- Costs discontinuing will challenge partway ontario — Treadstone Law
- Multiple wills ontario — Treadstone Law
- Who can apply to administer estate no will ontario — Treadstone Law
- Naming digital executor ontario will — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law