<![CDATA[Amid the encounter between normative sharia texts, layered customary traditions, and the social reality of multiethnic Muslim families in Indonesia, Islamic inheritance law manifests not as a static rule but as a space for philosophical dialectics in which divine justice, human interests, and cultural negotiations intertwine dynamically. The purpose of this study is to provide an in-depth explanation of the practice of Islamic inheritance law in multiethnic Muslim families in Indonesia by identifying patterns of negotiation between sharia norms and customs. This study uses a qualitative approach with a socio-legal research design combined with multiple case studies, as this approach is most relevant for examining Islamic inheritance law as a living norm practised in the socio-cultural context of multiethnic Muslim families. The results confirm that inheritance is not merely a matter of dividing faraidh numbers, but rather the most tangible arena of struggle between sacred texts, cultural traditions, and the demands of modern social justice. This dialectic reveals that deviations from classical fiqh are often not a form of normative defiance, but rather a strategy of adaptation to maintain family harmony, respond to changing gender roles, and negotiate multiethnic identities in a pluralistic domestic space. The hybridity of inheritance is a sociological reality that cannot be ignored by state law or religious authorities, so the future of Islamic inheritance law in Indonesia depends on the courage to build bridges between the certainty of sharia and substantive justice that is alive.]]>
