The Quran already decided. Put it in writing.
Allah set the shares. But if there is nothing signed, California hands your estate to a formula that has never heard of faraid. Your parents can end up with nothing. Your wife can end up with less than her right.
Free. Thirty minutes. You will know exactly what your family needs.
Weight your verbal wishes carry in a probate court. If it is not signed, it did not happen.
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A will that follows the Quran but breaks state law protects nobody.
This is where most people get burned. They download an Islamic will template, sign it at home, and feel relieved. Then it fails on a technicality and the state formula takes over anyway.
What goes wrong
- Signed without the witnesses your state requires, so a judge throws it out
- Generic shares copied from a template that does not match who is actually in your family
- Beneficiary forms on your 401k and life insurance that quietly override the whole thing
- No guardian named, so your children still end up in front of a judge
- Nothing said about debts or funeral costs, which must come out first
What we do instead
- We sit down and map every heir, then run the faraid shares for your family specifically
- We draft it to satisfy your state's rules so a court will actually enforce it
- We handle the discretionary third properly, for charity or for people outside the fixed shares
- We check your retirement accounts and insurance so nothing contradicts your will
- We witness and execute it correctly, in front of us, so there is no doubt later
What people ask about Islamic wills.
Yes, within limits. The fixed shares belong to your mandatory heirs, but you have a discretionary third to direct as you choose. We will show you exactly how much room you have and how to use it without breaking anything.
Generally no, not a mandatory heir. Spouses, parents and children have shares that are theirs. That is the point of faraid. What you can do is use the discretionary third thoughtfully, and there are legitimate structures for difficult family situations. Bring it to the call and we will talk it through honestly.
Yes. Burial, then debts, then any bequest, then the shares. We write that order into the documents so nobody has to argue about it while they are grieving.
It depends on what you own. A will still goes through probate, which commonly takes 12 to 18 months and costs 4 to 5 percent of the estate. If you own a home, a living trust is usually the better answer. If you have children at home, you also want a Kids Protection Plan.
Every three to five years, and straight away after a birth, a marriage, a divorce, a death in the family, a move to another state or a big change in what you own.
Your shares are already written. Ours is the easy part.
One free call and you will know what your family needs and what it costs.