Author

  • Mohd Rahim Khamis

    • Department of Economics and Financial Studies, Faculty of Business and Management, Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
    • Malaysia

  • Rabiatul Husna Zahari

    • Arshad Ayub Graduate Business School, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
    • Malaysia

  • Seri Nurnazifa Aida Hasnon

    • Premier Wealth Centre, Department Islamic Wealth Management, Maybank, Pahang, Malaysia
    • Malaysia

  • Maryam Jameelah Mohd Hashim

    • Department of Economics and Financial Studies, Faculty of Business and Management, Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
    • Malaysia

Abstract

The issue to be addressed in this study is regarding the increasing amount of unclaimed property in Malaysia. The increase is occurring every year with an excessive amount. A possible cause of this problem has been identified in that most Muslims failed to wisely plan their property estate, particularly by using Islamic instruments such as wasiyyah , hibah , and waqf rather than relying on the faraid in distributing inheritance property. Previous research has shown that some of them are hesitant to use Islamic instruments for estate planning. Based on the problem, this study is looking for factors that influence the increase of unclaimed property in Malaysia. The factors include the awareness of unclaimed property, the incentives of unclaimed property, the complexity of application and claim, and the legal issue A quantitative approach was used in this study and primary data were collected by distributing questionnaires to the respondents which are individual Muslim with the age of 25 years and above by using the face-to-face approach method. A total of 280 responses were successfully collected. Data were analyzed using PLS-SEM and the result showed a notable correlation between awareness of estate planning, incentives of estate planning, and legal were significant with unclaimed property. However, complexity does not have an impact on the unclaimed property. This study enhances the current body of knowledge by focusing on the scarce research about the increasing of unclaimed property in Malaysia. Besides that, this study also provides guidelines to government and state authorities to come up with mountainous strategies and initiatives to overcome the issue of unclaimed property among Muslims in Malaysia.

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Khamis, M. R., Zahari, R. H., Hasnon, S. N. A., & Mohd Hashim, M. J. (2024). Factors Influencing the Increase of Unclaimed Property Among Muslims in Klang Valley. Information Management and Business Review, 16(3(I)S), 537-550. https://doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v16i3(I)S.4081

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