MSC Talk: Muslim Will, Estate and Inheritance Law
MSC Talk: Muslim Will, Estate and Inheritance Law
What happens to the people, property, and responsibilities we leave behind?
For Muslim families, estate planning is not only about writing a will. It is also about understanding how assets are managed after death, how inheritance is distributed under Islamic law, and how common legal issues can affect the people we care about most.
Join us for this MSC Talk on Muslim Will, Estate and Inheritance Law, where we will explore key legal considerations relating to Muslim wills, the distribution of estate under Islamic Inheritance Law, and the management of assets after death.
Because what we leave behind should not become a burden, but a source of ease and dignity for those who remain.
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Mr Ahmad Nizam Abbas is the Managing Director of Crescent Law Chambers LLC. Over the last 30 years, he has contributed extensively to the development of Muslim law in Singapore through his court cases, advocacy work, and teaching.
He was part of the Law Society’s team that participated in the Parliamentary Select Committee’s hearing on landmark amendments to the Administration of Muslim Law Act in 1998, and served as Chairperson of the Law Society’s Muslim Law Practice Committee for more than a decade. He has also collaborated with local and overseas institutions, including the National University of Singapore and Singapore Management University, to speak on Muslim Law.
In 2020, he co-created the first module on Muslim Family Law in Singapore for the LLB programme at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. Since 2023, he has been the Principal Examiner of the Muslim Family and Succession Law module at the Singapore Institute of Legal Education, the compulsory course for law graduates seeking admission as Advocates and Solicitors of Singapore.
Ahmad has written articles published locally and overseas, and in 2022, co-authored a textbook on Muslim Family Law in Singapore, launched by former Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts, Justice Valerie Thean.
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