Louisiana · Marriage planning
Islamic prenup in Louisiana.
The community-property default is the risk.
Louisiana courts presume that nearly everything earned or acquired during the marriage is jointly owned and divided 50/50 at divorce - regardless of title, contribution, or Islamic separation-of-property principles. An Islamic prenup is the only reliable way to override that default while preserving mahr, Faraid, and iddah.
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The law in Louisiana
Three rules that change what your nikah does.
- 01
Marital-property regime: Community property (civil law)
Louisiana is the only U.S. state with a civil-law tradition (vs. common law). Community property is governed by the Louisiana Civil Code, not a Uniform Act. The civil-law framing actually makes prenup-style "matrimonial agreements" more familiar to Louisiana courts than to most U.S. courts.
- 02
Premarital agreement law
Louisiana Civil Code arts. 2325 – 2376 (Matrimonial Regimes). Prenup-style contracts are called "matrimonial agreements" or "separation of property regimes."
- 03
Elective share / surviving-spouse rule
Louisiana's forced-heirship law historically limited spousal disinheritance but was significantly narrowed by 1996 constitutional amendment. The Marital Portion (Civil Code arts. 2432-2437) gives a spouse with insufficient means a portion of the deceased spouse's estate.
If you die without a will in Louisiana
What Louisiana does with your estate when no will exists.
Louisiana's intestacy statute splits your estate between community property (jointly owned during the marriage) and separate property (owned before the marriage or received as a gift or inheritance). The Faraid rules in Surah An-Nisa do not enter the calculation. Without an Islamic will and a prenup, the table below is what governs your family.
| You die with… | Here is what happens |
|---|---|
| Children but no spouse | Children inherit everything. |
| Spouse but no children, parents, or siblings | Spouse inherits everything. |
| Spouse and children | Your children inherit your share of the community property and all of your separate property; the surviving spouse keeps a usufruct (the right to use your share of the community property for life, ending at death or remarriage). |
| Spouse and parents (no children) | Spouse inherits all of your community property; parents inherit your separate property. |
| Spouse and siblings (no parents or children) | Spouse inherits all of your community property; siblings inherit your separate property. |
| Parents and siblings but no spouse or children | Parents keep a usufruct over your property for life; your siblings inherit it subject to that usufruct. |
| Siblings but no spouse, children, or parents | Siblings inherit everything. |
Source: Louisiana Civil Code arts. 880 to 899 (Intestate Succession). Distribution rules are summarized; talk to a probate attorney for edge cases (e.g. non-marital children, predeceased heirs, augmented-estate adjustments).
Notice what isn't on this table: Faraid. Your parents' Quranic share. Your siblings' Quranic share when you have children. The 1/3 wasiyyah you wanted to leave to charity. Louisiana intestacy law decides without any of that. An Islamic will plus an Islamic prenup - with a mutual elective-share waiver - is the only way to put the Quranic distribution back in control.
Louisiana providers
Islamic prenup providers available in Louisiana.
Each provider below operates in Louisiana, but only Shariawiz produces a workflow tailored to Louisiana's specific premarital-agreement statute.
| Provider | Headline price | What you get | Coverage | HalalWallet's verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sharia WizBest overall Islamic Prenuptial Agreement Designed by Abed Awad, Esq. - a leading U.S. Islamic family-law scholar and expert witness. ShariaWiz documents approved in an independent Shariah audit by Raqaba. | $999 - - includes - prenup, - Muslim - marriage - contract, - and - 2 - Islamic - wills - (a - $398 - bundled - value). | PrenupPostnupNikah ContractIslamic Will (bundled) | All 50 states State-specific | The complete package. Only platform that's state-specific in all 50 states, and the $999 - $849 with exclusive code ADHAM26 - bundles the prenup, the Muslim marriage contract, and two Islamic wills, a $398 value the other providers charge separately. Designed by Abed Awad, one of the most cited Islamic family-law expert witnesses in U.S. courts, and endorsed by Imam Zaid Shakir. 30-day money-back guarantee. −Higher upfront price than competitors |
Bayaani Islamic Prenup & Postnup Endorsed by Sh. Hamzah Raza and Imam Farhan Siddiqi (one-line endorsements); no documented scholarly review or drafting attorney is published. | $499 per - couple, - paid - via - Stripe - only - at - download - - - building - and - reviewing - the - agreement - is - free. - All - sales - final - (exceptions - only - for - duplicate - charges - or - technical - errors - within - 7 - days). | PrenupPostnup | All 50 states State-specific | Useful if you want to see a draft before paying. The free preview lets couples explore what an Islamic prenup looks like, but the download price is hidden until checkout, scope is narrower (no Muslim marriage contract, no Islamic wills bundled), and the workflow is jurisdiction-agnostic rather than state-customized. Smart trial; not a substitute. −Download price not publicly disclosed −No Islamic wills bundled |
Nikah Prenup Islamic Prenup Template Co-developed by Sh. Joe Bradford and attorney Naveed Husain. | $499 fixed-price - template, - plus - couple-supplied - family-law - attorney - fees - to - finalize - (typically - $200-$800/hour). - No - refunds - after - payment - (verified - 2026-08-05). | Prenup template | All 50 states Lawyer review needed | A drafting head-start, not a finished document. The $499 buys a template co-authored by Sh. Joe Bradford - but couples still need to retain their own family-law attorney to customize it for their state and execute it, typically adding $400–$1,500 in legal fees. Total cost almost always exceeds Shariawiz's all-in $999. −Requires separate family-law attorney −Total cost usually exceeds $999 |
MyWassiyah Marital Agreement Endorsed by named scholars listed on site. No formal fatwa board or committee published. | $44.99 flat - for - the - marital - property - (transmutation) - agreement; - a - Will - and - Marital - Property - package - runs - $174.99 - (site-flagged - Best - Value, - save - $20) - (verified - 2026-08-05). | Marital AgreementTransmutation agreement | All 50 states State-specific | A $44.99 transmutation agreement only - meaning it converts community property to separate property and nothing else. Useful as a narrow add-on if you live in one of the nine community-property states (AZ, CA, ID, LA, NV, NM, TX, WA, WI) and already have the rest of your Islamic prenup handled elsewhere. Not a full Islamic prenup on its own. −Not a full Islamic prenup −Only useful in 9 community-property states |
Islamic Prenuptial Agreement
The complete package. Only platform that's state-specific in all 50 states, and the $999 - $849 with exclusive code ADHAM26 - bundles the prenup, the Muslim marriage contract, and two Islamic wills, a $398 value the other providers charge separately. Designed by Abed Awad, one of the most cited Islamic family-law expert witnesses in U.S. courts, and endorsed by Imam Zaid Shakir. 30-day money-back guarantee.
Islamic Prenup & Postnup
Useful if you want to see a draft before paying. The free preview lets couples explore what an Islamic prenup looks like, but the download price is hidden until checkout, scope is narrower (no Muslim marriage contract, no Islamic wills bundled), and the workflow is jurisdiction-agnostic rather than state-customized. Smart trial; not a substitute.
Islamic Prenup Template
A drafting head-start, not a finished document. The $499 buys a template co-authored by Sh. Joe Bradford - but couples still need to retain their own family-law attorney to customize it for their state and execute it, typically adding $400–$1,500 in legal fees. Total cost almost always exceeds Shariawiz's all-in $999.
Marital Agreement
A $44.99 transmutation agreement only - meaning it converts community property to separate property and nothing else. Useful as a narrow add-on if you live in one of the nine community-property states (AZ, CA, ID, LA, NV, NM, TX, WA, WI) and already have the rest of your Islamic prenup handled elsewhere. Not a full Islamic prenup on its own.
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Build a Louisiana-specific Islamic prenup.
Shariawiz's Louisiana workflow is customized to Louisiana's community-property regime, the local premarital-agreement statute, and the formalities your county clerk will look for at execution. $999 - or $849 with exclusive code ADHAM26 - includes the prenup, the Muslim marriage contract, and two state-specific Islamic wills.
Frequently asked
Common questions about Islamic prenups in Louisiana
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