RESPONSIVE LAW JOURNAL
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2025): RESPONSIVE LAW JOURNAL

Islamic Inheritance Law in Indonesia: Analysis of Legal Implementation and Compliance Among Muslim Communities

Safitri, Ella (Unknown)
Ahmat Saiful (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Jun 2025

Abstract

This research discusses the implementation of Islamic Inheritance Law for Muslims in Indonesia, which in its application is still not fully implemented for Muslim heirs. When referring to the Law, Muslim heirs are obliged to divide the inheritance property by Islamic law, but in practice in Indonesia, many heirs still use customary law and civil law (Burgerlijk Wetboek) based on various reasons.   The purpose of this research is to find out the implementation of Islamic Inheritance Law for the Muslim Population in Indonesia. This research method uses the Law approach method, which is carried out by analyzing various laws and regulations related to the field of Inheritance Law. Based on the results of the research, Islamic Inheritance Law cannot be implemented in Indonesia for the Muslim population because Indonesian society is still influenced by customary inheritance law, either following the individual-patrilinial, matrilineal or bilateral-collective inheritance system. Apart from the strong influence of tradition or customary law, another obstacle is that Muslims do not fully understand the concept of justice and equality in Islamic inheritance law, especially when it comes to the portion of sons and daughters. It is necessary to formulate a national inheritance law system by taking into account the general principles of inheritance and accommodating each inheritance law system in the country.

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Abbrev

law

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Subject

Humanities Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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Responsive Law Journal is a high-quality open-access peer-reviewed research journal published by the Yayasan Insan Mulia Bima. Responsive Law Journal provides a platform that welcomes and acknowledges high-quality empirical original research papers in the field of law written by researchers, ...