Islamic will (wasiyya) in Oregon

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 Oregon

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 Oregon'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 Oregon

• Your home: Oregon allows a transfer-on-death deed, so a home can pass to the people you name without probate. Oregon allows transfer-on-death deeds (ORS 93.948 and following).
• Small estates: A simple estate affidavit can be filed if personal property is $75,000 or less and real property is $200,000 or less (ORS 114.515).

Sources: ORS chapter 114 · ORS chapter 93

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