{"id":90,"date":"2020-02-04T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T00:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.147\/shariawiz\/?p=90"},"modified":"2025-11-13T20:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:16:51","slug":"does-the-anti-sharia-law-impact-the-validity-of-my-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shariawiz.com\/halaqa\/2020\/02\/04\/does-the-anti-sharia-law-impact-the-validity-of-my-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the anti-Shar\u012b\u2018a law impact the validity of my will? | Islamic Estate Planning Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shariawiz: Does The Anti Sharia Legislation Affect Muslim Wills In America?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qv1A-XdselA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At the outset, the anti-Shar\u012b\u2018a legislation is unconstitutional and is already being challenged around the country. \u00a0Shariawiz, however, does not take anything for granted.<\/p>\n<p>Our Shar\u012b\u2018a-compliant Islamic will form was carefully drafted to take into account the anti-Shar\u012b\u2018a legislation. It sets forth the division of your estate in excruciating detail. In other words, a probate court would not be required to interpret or apply Shar\u012b\u2018a to enforce your will. The shares are set forth based on the current Islamic heirs. If the surviving Islamic heirs change between the time of signing the will and the time of death, the will directs the executor\u2014not the court\u2014to recalculate the shares according to the attached Islamic Inheritance Law Appendix. The executor has the final word. Literally, the probate court has nothing to do except to implement the decedent\u2019s wishes as set forth in the will as required under American law.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that under American law you can disinherit your children, your parents, and practically anyone else. The only person you cannot disinherit under American law is your spouse (two or three states though have forced heirship for children).<\/p>\n<p>One of the few instances a court may consider to not carry out the decedent\u2019s wishes is if a decedent attempts to give his spouse less than he or she would have been entitled to under the elective-share or community-property rights. This has nothing to do with the anti-Shar\u012b\u2018a legislation. When you prepare your Islamic will using our software, a valid elective-share\/community-property waiver is included. This waiver must be signed by your spouse to make sure the probate court will enforce your Islamic will smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>If you want your estate to be divided according to Shar\u012b\u2018a inheritance rules, use our <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shariawiz.com\/last-will-and-testament\">ISLAMIC WILL<\/a> <\/span>software to prepare your own customized Islamic estate plan that is legally valid for your state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn if the  anti-Shar\u012b\u2018a law impacts the validity of your will for Muslim Americans.  Islamic estate planning explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"banner_title":"Anti-Shari\u2019a Laws & Islamic wills","banner_subtitle":"Will they affect the validity of my Islamic will?","footnotes":""},"categories":[386,3],"tags":[482,363,421,361,360,483,364,481,9],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islamic-estate-planning","category-last-will-and-testament","tag-anti-sharia","tag-can-an-islamic-will-ever-be-invalid","tag-does","tag-does-anti-sharia-legislation-affect-my-sharia-will","tag-i-heard-that-many-states-have-anti-sharia-legislation-does-that-impact-the-validity-of-my-will-does-anti-sharia-legislation-affect-my-islamic-will","tag-impact","tag-is-it-possible-to-invalidate-a-sharia-will-how-can-i-make-sure-that-my-islamic-will-can-not-be-invalid","tag-validity","tag-will"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anti-Sharia States<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What to do in regard to preparing your Sharia compliant will in anti-Sharia states in America.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shariawiz.com\/halaqa\/2020\/02\/04\/does-the-anti-sharia-law-impact-the-validity-of-my-will\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anti-Sharia States\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What to do in regard to preparing your Sharia compliant will in anti-Sharia states in America.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shariawiz.com\/halaqa\/2020\/02\/04\/does-the-anti-sharia-law-impact-the-validity-of-my-will\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"shariawiz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Shariawizdotcom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-04T00:01:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-13T20:16:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@shariawiz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@shariawiz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shariawiz.com\/halaqa\/2020\/02\/04\/does-the-anti-sharia-law-impact-the-validity-of-my-will\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shariawiz.com\/halaqa\/2020\/02\/04\/does-the-anti-sharia-law-impact-the-validity-of-my-will\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shariawiz.com\/halaqa\/#\/schema\/person\/3a90eab34f6459b7c7a4833bd6a07172\"},\"headline\":\"Does the anti-Shar\u012b\u2018a law impact the validity of my will? | Islamic Estate Planning Guide\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-04T00:01:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-13T20:16:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shariawiz.com\/halaqa\/2020\/02\/04\/does-the-anti-sharia-law-impact-the-validity-of-my-will\/\"},\"wordCount\":339,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shariawiz.com\/halaqa\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"anti-Shar\u012b\u2018a\",\"can an islamic will ever be invalid\",\"does\",\"does anti-sharia legislation affect my sharia will\",\"I heard that many states have anti-Shar\u012b\u2018a legislation. 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