This research aims to comprehend the practice of dividing the inheritance in
Saruaso and Sawah Tangah Villages following the distribution principle of
inheritance law distribution in Islam. The problem was that there were different
views on the distribution of inheritance in the Saruaso and Sawah Tangah Villages
with the provisions on the distribution of inheritance based on Islamic teachings.
Meanwhile, the people of Saruaso and Sawah Tangah Villages embraced Islam. This
research used a survey method. The research object was Niniak Mamak (indigenous
stakeholders) and Bundo Kanduang (village's mothers) in two villages, Kanagarian
Saruaso and Kanagarian Sawah Tangah. The sampling technique used was the
purposive sampling technique. The results of this research are the practice of
dividing inheritance in Saruaso and Sawah Tangah Village; in this case, low
inheritance does not conflict with the provisions that apply to inheritance law in
Islamic teachings (based on Faraid law). While the division of high inheritance
follows customary provisions, this is because the high inheritance belongs to the
people (tribes), cannot be traded, and cannot be divided individually