AmanahRaya AmanahRaya Will Writing (Wasiat)
Islamic Estate Planning in Sabah
Will writing, lifetime will custody and estate execution from Amanah Raya Berhad, the government-owned trustee company with over 100 years of estate administration history. Separate will tracks for Muslims (wasiat) and non-Muslims, free consultation, with officers gazetted to appear in court and exemption from furnishing surety bond. Package pricing is not published on the site (will writing page, crawled 2026-08-07).
AmanahRaya's pitch is institutional permanence: the wasiat you write today must be executed decades from now, and a century-old government trustee is the safest bet to still exist. The weakness is consumer transparency, with no published pricing and a FAQ still holding template text. Specialists as-Salihin and Wasiyyah Shoppe publish stronger Shariah governance (named scholars, certifications); AmanahRaya counters with unmatched execution authority. Get the free consultation and a written quote before comparing (site, crawled 2026-08-07).
Pros
- Wholly government-owned, effectively the default public trustee
- One organisation handles writing, custody and execution
- Court-empowered officers cut execution friction
Cons
- No package prices published online
- Parts of the FAQ page contain placeholder text, reflecting patchy web upkeep (crawled 2026-08-07)
- No named Shariah committee published for the wasiat service
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Product Details
Services
Will, Custody, Estate Administration
Price
Not published on the website; free initial consultation advertised (will writing page, crawled 2026-08-07).
Islamic Features
Dedicated Muslim wasiat track alongside non-Muslim wills, One-third bequest rule with faraid distribution for the remainder, End-to-end execution: probate or Letter of Administration application and distribution
AmanahRaya in Sabah
For Sabah residents, Islamic inheritance (faraid) applies by law and is certified through the Syariah courts; planning work centers on documentation, the optional one-third bequest (wasiat), hibah, and nominations rather than overriding the fixed shares. AmanahRaya operates across Malaysia, so Sabah residents have full access to this product.
How AmanahRaya Works
Free consultation
Discuss assets and wishes; AmanahRaya advises on will type for Muslims or non-Muslims.
Draft and store
Certified will writers draft the wasiat; AmanahRaya provides lifetime custody with retrieval for reviews.
Execution on demise
AmanahRaya applies for probate or Letters of Administration and distributes per the will.
Financing Structure
Government-owned trustee company providing will drafting, custody and estate execution; Muslim wasiat drafted within the one-third bequest rule with faraid distribution (crawled 2026-08-07).
In-Depth Analysis
Amanah Raya Berhad is the government-owned public trustee and the institutional default for Malaysian estate matters. Its will service covers the full chain: professional drafting (Muslim wasiat to Islamic inheritance rules and conventional wills for non-Muslims), lifetime custody with easy retrieval, and execution where AmanahRaya applies for the Grant of Probate or Letter of Administration and distributes the estate (will writing page, crawled 2026-08-07).
Execution is the moat. AmanahRaya officers are empowered to conduct legal proceedings and gazetted to appear in court, dispensing with external lawyers, and the company is exempt from furnishing surety bonds. For Muslim estates, where faraid administration commonly stalls for years, that authority is worth real money.
Consumer transparency lags the institutional strength: no package prices are published, and parts of the will-writing FAQ still contain template placeholder text (crawled 2026-08-07). Specialists like as-Salihin publish named Shariah scholars; AmanahRaya does not for its wasiat service.
Shariah Compliance Details
- Dedicated Muslim wasiat track drafted to faraid requirements (crawled 2026-08-07)
- No named Shariah committee published for the will service, noted as a gap
- Government ownership with public-trustee mandate
How AmanahRaya Compares
AmanahRaya versus the specialists is execution versus governance: as-Salihin and Wasiyyah Shoppe publish stronger Shariah oversight and sharper Islamic instruments (hibah, trusts), while AmanahRaya owns the execution infrastructure and the permanence argument. Many planners use both: specialist instruments, AmanahRaya custody or administration.
Named scholars and a full Islamic toolkit, without government ownership.
Hibah-led planning with court-recognised digital instruments.
Bottom Line
The safe institutional choice for writing, keeping and executing a wasiat. Demand a written quote at the free consultation, since nothing is priced online.
Read full AmanahRaya reviewShariah Compliance & Oversight
Muslim wasiat track drafted to faraid requirements; no named Shariah committee published on the will writing page (crawled 2026-08-07).
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Why It's Halal
AmanahRaya provides dedicated Muslim wills (wasiat) drafted to Islamic inheritance requirements, where the freely bequeathable portion is limited to one third and the remainder devolves under faraid, alongside its non-Muslim will service (will writing page, crawled 2026-08-07). As the wholly government-owned public trustee, it administers Muslim estates at national scale and its officers are empowered to conduct legal proceedings without appointing external lawyers. The institutional backing matters in Islamic estate planning because execution, not drafting, is where most Malaysian estates stall.
Regional Availability
AmanahRaya serves all of Malaysia
✓ Available nationwide including Sabah
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