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Jurisdiction conflict between the Shariah and Civil Courts which prolongs even after the existence of Article 121 (1A) gives a negative impact to the Shariah Court particularly in matters concerning inheritance property management and administration of Muslims. Implicitly, this situation can cause a surge of unclaimed properties to occur and disputes among heirs in seizing of the properties. From this onset, the objective of this article is to study and examine gaps in previous research works in relation to the potential of creating Inheritance Court in Malaysia. Methodology of this literature review employed a qualitative approach and the design of this study is based upon content analysis. Data gathering was made through document analysis and a method of data analysis was carried out descriptively. Findings of this review reveal that discussion on Inheritance Court in literatures is few in numbers and is limited to only suggestions of its establishment without a more detailed explanation. Hence, this study proposed a more comprehensive study in the context of the potential of creating Inheritance Court being realised and being able to contribute in confronting the occurring conflicts while directly solve the problems of Muslim inheritance in Malaysia. &nbsp

In Malaysia, division of inheritance is based on the Shafie madhhab (school of law), whereby when there is a surplus of inheritance after distribution to rightful heirs or when there are no rightful heirs, the residual inheritance is surrendered to the Baitulmal. However, there are challenges which need to be dealt with by Baitulmal in order that the inheritance may be utilised for the well-being of the whole society. Hence, the objective of this article is to highlight the basic conceptual framework and role of Baitulmal in addition to identifying the challenges in management of inheritance vested in Baitulmal. This qualitative research applies a content analysis design, and results are elaborated and presented descriptively. Research results find that there are differences between Baitulmals role during the golden age of Islam and its unique practice in Malaysia. Besides that, there are challenges identified in management of inheritance by Baitulmal which need to be overcome and harmonised in order to preserve the maslahah (public interest) and public welfare of the entire Muslim society in Malaysia.

Secara amnya, pentadbiran harta pusaka dan harta wasiat di Malaysia mengguna pakai dua sistem undangundang iaitu undang-undang Islam dan undang-undang Sivil yang mana pemakaiannnya adalah bersifat selari (parallel). Secara teorinya, Mahkamah Syariah mempunyai bidang kuasa eksklusif mengenai Hukum Syarak dalam hal undang-undang perwarisan orang Islam, tetapi praktikalnya menunjukkan bahawa undang-undang sedia ada seolah-olah memberi kuasa yang lebih kepada Mahkamah Sivil dan institusi-institusi lain di peringkat persekutuan. Ini kerana tiada undang-undang prosedur yang khusus untuk mentadbir harta wasiat orang Islam. Walaupun pentadbiran dan pengurusan harta wasiat berjalan seperti biasa, tetapi tidak dapat dinafikan masih wujud kelompangan undang-undang dan isu-isu tertentu yang seringkali timbul sebelum dan selepas sesuatu pentadbiran harta wasiat dilaksanakan. Justeru itu, kajian ini lebih memberi fokus kepada aspek perbincangan isu-isu yang timbul dalam perundangan harta wasiat khususnya orang Islam di Malaysia. Penulisan ini menggunakan kaedah kepustakaan bagi mendapatkan data-data yang merupakan dokumendokumen seperti buku akademik, kertas-kertas kerja, jurnal, statut, laporan perundangan, surat pekeliling dan maklumat-maklumat daripada laman sesawang. Hasil penulisan ini menampakkan beberapa isu yang berbangkit melibatkan beberapa aspek penting dalam perundangan. Katakunci: Harta wasiat orang Islam, Harta pusaka, Isu-isu perundangan, Undang-undang Islam, Undangundang sivil