Methods of distribution of estate inheritance in munāsakhāt case

• Main Authors: Salleh, Mohd. Muslim, Nor Muhamad, Nasrul Hisyam, Kamarudin, Mohd. Khairy, Salamon, Hussin, Zulkifli, Abdul Halim, Muhamad Zain, Norhidayu
• Format: Article
• Published: Usuli Faqih Research Centre 2017
• Subjects: BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/80532/; https://al-qanatir.com/index.php/qanatir/article/view/84
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Unclaimed estate inheritance is a critical issue. Main factor that causes this issue is heir’s attitude towards the inheritance settlement. The problem of ‘layered death’ among heirs is a major issue that contibutes to the increasing number of unclaimed inheritance estates. The objective of this article is to review the estate distribution method in the ‘layered death’ or known as ‘munāsakhāt’. For this purpose, this article highlights Shubbāk’s theory as basic discussion. This paper employed qualitative approach. The data is obtained through library method and descriptive analysis. This study concludes that Islam has already provided method of distribution in ‘munāsakhāt’ issues. Despite, in terms of implementation, it depends deeply on the heirs’ attitude.