Faraid Calculator Malaysia 2026

What This Calculator Will Not Do

Most public faraid calculators answer every combination you give them. That is the problem. Several classical cases are genuinely unsettled, or settled differently depending on which Malaysian state you are in, and a confident-looking number in those cases is worse than no number at all.

The sole-daughter case

If a man dies leaving one daughter and no other heir or residuary claimant at all, she takes her Quranic share of one half. The other half is not hers. (Whether a residuary claimant exists is itself a question for the Syariah Court — a full sister, for instance, is outside this calculator's scope but can take the residue alongside a daughter.) Malaysia does not apply radd, the doctrine that returns the surplus to the fixed-share heirs, so the remaining half goes to Baitulmal. Perlis has taken a different position by fatwa. A calculator that hands her the whole estate is giving a Malaysian family the wrong answer about half their inheritance, so this one refuses and refers the case out.

The gharrawayn case

Where a spouse survives alongside both parents and there are no children, the mother does not take one third of the estate. She takes one third of what remains after the spouse's share. This is the case known as al-gharrawayn or Umariyyatan, and it rests on the ijtihad of Umar rather than on the text of the Quran. It is refused here for that reason.

Over-subscription ('awl)

Some heir combinations produce fixed shares that add up to more than the whole estate. A husband surviving with one daughter, a father and a mother is the classic example: 1/4 + 1/2 + 1/6 + 1/6 comes to 26/24. Classical law resolves this by raising the denominator so every share shrinks proportionally. That resolution is settled and undisputed — it is simply not implemented here, because it changes every single figure and this calculator is built to stay narrow rather than to be complete.

What Comes Before Faraid

Faraid applies to what is left, not to the gross estate. The Shafi'i ordering is five steps:

1. Tajhiz — funeral and burial costs
2. Dayn Allah — debts owed to Allah, such as unpaid zakat or an unperformed hajj
3. Dayn al-adami — debts owed to people
4. Wasiyyah — bequests, capped at one third of what remains after the first three steps
5. Faraid — distribution of the remainder

For a property owner there is a further step that often matters more than any of these. Harta sepencarian, jointly acquired property, is determined by the Syariah High Court and carved out before faraid applies. The share is discretionary and based on each spouse's contribution. It is not a fixed fraction, and the widespread belief that a surviving spouse automatically receives half is not supported.

Where a Binding Determination Comes From

The Syariah Court determines who inherits and in what shares. Actual transfer of the property then happens on the civil side, and which route applies depends on the estate:

Route	Applies to
Small estate (harta pusaka kecil), JKPTG	Estates up to RM5 million, any property. Threshold and the removal of the immovable-property requirement took effect 15 July 2024 under Act A1643
Amanah Raya Berhad	Movable property only, up to RM600,000
Civil High Court	Larger estates, or where there is a will

One trap worth knowing if you hold property alongside EPF savings: for a Muslim member, an EPF nominee is a wasi (administrator), not a beneficial owner, and must distribute the money according to faraid. A takaful nomination made as a conditional hibah works differently and can pass outside the estate. Those are separate regimes from the one modelled here.