Date of Award

10-1-2000

Thesis Type

Masters

Document Type

Thesis

Divisions

Academy of Islamic Studies

Department

Department of Shariah and Law

Institution

Universiti Malaya

Abstract

This dissertation is generally an attempt to analyze the historical development of the jurisdiction in the administration of Islamic inheritance in Malaysia. The study will explain how the intervention of the British colonial had introduced the Common Law system and promulgated several statute to limit the function and jurisdiction of kathi's court in the matter of inheritance. It will also disclose the provision of Federal Constitution and the recent case about the administration of inheritance to Muslims nowadays. The research is focused on the procedure and the process to make a claim to distribute the estates in Malaysia nowadays at Small Estates Unite, Amanah Raya Berhad and Syariahs' Court in issuing the Faraid Certificate.

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Additional Information

Dissertation (M.A) – Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya, 2000.

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