Islamic will (wasiyya) in Arizona

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 Arizona

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 Arizona'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 Arizona

• Your home: Arizona allows a transfer-on-death deed, so a home can pass to the people you name without probate. Arizona allows beneficiary deeds that pass real estate at death without probate (A.R.S. 33-405).
• Small estates: Personal property up to $200,000 can be collected by affidavit after 30 days; real property up to $300,000 by affidavit after six months (A.R.S. 14-3971).

Sources: A.R.S. 33-405 - Beneficiary deeds · A.R.S. 14-3971 - Small estate affidavits

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