Islamic will (wasiyya) in Alabama

What your wasiyya (will) covers

• What you owe to Allah — zakat, Hajj, missed prayers and fasts, kaffara, and khums for Shia members.
• What you owe to people — debts and trusts (amanat).
• Your heirs' shares under the Qur'an, by the Sunni schools or the Jaʿfari school, as a guide for your executor.
• Up to one-third for the causes and people you choose, your executor, and guardians for young children.

Signing it so it holds up in Alabama

Each US state sets its own rules for signing a will. Most ask for your signature in front of two adult witnesses — safest if they inherit nothing under it — and some let you add a notarized "self-proving" statement so the witnesses needn't be found later. Read Alabama's will rules (FindLaw).

Your wasiyya (will) on Islamic Souls comes out as a PDF to print and sign, and you keep the signed copy on your private page so it's never lost.

Passing things on without probate in Alabama

• Your home: Alabama has no transfer-on-death deed law. Alabama has no transfer-on-death deed law; check with a local attorney about alternatives.
• Small estates: Under the revised Small Estates Act, personal property up to an inflation-adjusted cap (about $47,000 in 2025) can be distributed through a short probate court process.
• Real estate is not covered by the small estate process.

Sources: Mobile County Probate Court - Alabama Small Estates Act · Alabama HB164 (2025) - small estate threshold

Members can ask a licensed estate attorney to prepare a trust or deed and write the Islamic shares into it. More about avoiding probate.