Islamic Wills and Trusts

Our estate planning experts are trained in classical Islamic law and secular estate planning . We can design comprehensive, legally enforceable plans that address the important questions in this slideshow.

Below, you’ll find access to our list of core estate planning services, which can all be customized and made sharia-compliant.

Medical and financial decisions are treated differently in the law – but we can help with both. Respectively, you’ll need a health care power of attorney, and a financial power of attorney. We can help you put together these documents, select your agents, and memorialize your wishes.

We understand the importance of memorializing your wishes to ensure that, if you choose it, your plan is in religious compliance. We can draft language inside a will and health care power of attorney to give your agents clear instructions – whether it’s for organ donation, ensuring ghusl (ritual washing), or janazah (funeral prayers).

Most of our plans are built upon the foundation of living trusts. These can contain comprehensive Islamic inheritance instructions to ensure your belongings are administered in religious compliance, while avoiding a costly, months-long probate process. Ensuring your assets are allocated correctly is as simple as putting them in the name of your trust.

This question doesn’t have a simple or one-size-fits-all solution; we can, however, help find the answer. One common route we take is creating a side letter memorializing your wishes, to create instructions for your agents and family. We can draft a plan in strict religious compliance, or one that merges religion and tax optimization. The direction is yours — we’ll help along the way.

Islamic inheritance laws provide for strictly-outlined inheritance breakdowns and calculations – but we can help you find solutions to unique challenges while remaining in compliance. Tools such as lifetime gifts can be used freely to supplement the inheritance you anticipate leaving.