Islamic Wills in Edmonton

How do I make an Islamic will in Edmonton?

The same way as anywhere in Alberta — and that is the point worth understanding. There is no Edmonton will law. Wills are provincial, so the rules that decide whether your will is valid are Alberta’s. What is genuinely local is everything around the will: which mosques here can perform a janazah, where they bury, and what it costs.

1. Work out the shares. The faraid calculator gives every heir’s fraction under the school you follow, with a written report you can hand to a drafter.
2. Meet Alberta’s formalities. This is the part that decides whether the document works at all — valid (the Alberta formalities in full).
3. Check your beneficiary designations. An RRSP, a TFSA or a life policy with a named beneficiary may pass outside the estate under Canadian law — whether it also sits outside the tarikah is disputed among contemporary scholars, so do not assume it escapes the shares.
4. Have it drafted. The Registry does not draft wills. Treadstone Law, an independent Ontario firm, handles the drafting side.
5. Record where it is kept — free, and it is what lets your executor find it.

The Alberta rules that decide whether it works

Deeper: making a valid will · dying without one · probate · challenges.

Mosques in Edmonton with janazah services

An Islamic will usually records burial wishes — ghusl, kafan, burial without delay. A janazah needs physical facilities: a mortuary, cold storage, a washing room. Not every mosque has them.

These are the 2 Edmonton mosques with a confirmed service, from each organisation’s own published information.

The other 4 Edmonton mosques we list have not published a funeral service. A blank is not a no — it means we could not confirm it.

Where Edmonton’s mosques bury

Edmonton’s mosques name 2 burial grounds on their own funeral pages. That is confirmation from the masjid, not from the cemetery.

• Edmonton Muslim Cemetery
• Rosehill Cemetery (Muslim Section)

Burial grounds in Edmonton

Edmonton Muslim Cemetery — an entirely Muslim cemetery. Operated by the Islamic Funeral Society (est. 1992), whose member body 'comprises all the Mosques in Edmonton'. Its own site describes it as 'a non-profit cemetery for Sunni Muslims', maintained and developed through community donations. An online 'Locate A Grave' burial search is provided. NO street address is published on the site — call (780) 451-6694 for directions and plot arrangements before travelling. Acreage and plot availability are not published.

Mosques that name it on their own funeral pages: Al Rashid Mosque (Canadian Islamic Centre).

Rosehill Cemetery (Muslim Section) — a Muslim section within a wider cemetery. Named on Masjid Quba's own funeral page as the cemetery it uses, with burials taking place in the Muslim Section. NO street address or cemetery phone number was published on any page fetched, and the City of Edmonton cemetery pages could not be reached — arrange burial through Masjid Quba's 24/7 funeral line (780-652-4376) rather than contacting the cemetery directly. Acreage and plot availability unknown. This is distinct from the Edmonton Muslim Cemetery run by the Islamic Funeral Society at Al Rashid Mosque.

Mosques that name it on their own funeral pages: Masjid Quba: Jama Masjid (Islamic Missionary Association of Edmonton).

What a burial costs here

The order of payment matters for a will: funeral expenses come out first, then debts, then any bequest — capped at one third — and only then are the fixed shares calculated. A large funeral bill shrinks every heir’s share. See the itemised costs for this region, with the plot, the grave opening and the mosque’s own fee separated.

Islamic schools, for the guardianship clause

A will names a guardian for children under 18, and families often want that person to keep the children in Islamic education. We list 5 schools in Edmonton: Al Faruq Islamic School · Al Mustafa Academy · Edmonton Islamic Academy (EIA). All Edmonton listings ›

The organisations in Edmonton

Each account below is drawn from the organisation’s own published information, checked on the date shown in its directory entry. We record what they say about themselves; we do not assess it.