Of all the moving parts in an Islamic estate plan, the one-third is the part people tend to light up about. The fixed shares can feel a little like math homework: necessary, precise, not exactly exciting. But the one-third is different. The one-third is yours to direct. It's where your...

This might be the single most common question I get from parents of girls. Sometimes it arrives loudly, with a stack of articles already printed out. More often it comes quietly, almost apologetically, as though wanting to take care of your daughters were somehow in tension with your faith. I...

A few years into this work, I stopped being surprised by a particular sentence. It usually shows up about twenty minutes into a first meeting, after we've talked through the house, the retirement accounts, the kids. Someone leans back, gets a little reassured look on their face, and says: “Honestly,...

This is one of the questions I hear most often from Muslim parents, and it usually comes with hesitation. Parents want to do what is right by Allah, but they also want to feel at peace knowing they have been fair to their children. When it comes to inheritance between...

Islam teaches us that wealth is not something we truly own. It is an amanah, a trust from Allah, and one day we will be asked how we used it and what we left behind. One of the most meaningful ways a Muslim honors that trust is by preparing a...

What makes an Islamic will or trust different from a regular one? An Islamic will or trust is structured to follow the rules of inheritance established by the Qur’an and Sunnah, while also complying with state law. Unlike a conventional estate plan, Islamic inheritance does not allow complete freedom in...

The short answer is yes. The more important answer is that an Islamic will on its own is rarely enough to work properly in Illinois. This distinction matters because many Muslim families believe that writing Islamic inheritance shares into a will completes their obligation. In reality, Illinois law, probate rules,...