Abstract :
Indonesia has a population of various religions, customs, and cultures so that there are various
systems of inheritance law that apply, namely the Western inheritance law system, the Islamic
inheritance law system, and the Adat inheritance law system. Each inheritance law system has
different regulations. Because the majority of Indonesia's population is Muslim, the inheritance
system is regulated in accordance with the Islamic inheritance law system contained in the KHI
and its provisions are derived from the Al-Quran and Hadith. Even though the rules of inheritance
in Islam are clear, the practice in society is still not well socialized.
In order for the research to be more valid, the researcher directs it to the type of empirical
research. The researcher took the research location in the Muslim community of East Maubasa
Village, Ndori District, Ende Regency, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara. The reason for taking the
location was firstly because in this location the distribution of inheritance still used customary
law. Second, because many people are Muslim, however, they still use customary law in the
distribution of inheritance.
The purpose of this research is to describe the implementation of inheritance law in the village of
Maubasa Timur, the distribution of inheritance according to customary law and Islamic law, and
to know the distribution of assets according to customary law and Islamic law. The data
collection procedure was carried out by the observation method, namely observation, the
interview method in the form of questions and answers and the documentation method in the
form of notes and photos.
The results of the research are (1) the implementation of inheritance law in the village of
Maubasa timur, the application is different, namely a daughter does not get an inheritance from
her parents because she already has a husband and her husband has to support her family. (2)
distribution of assets according to customary law and Islamic law, that is, according to customary
law, a girl does not get an inheritance, while according to Islamic law, the child of the deceased
heir is obliged to receive his share. (3) The position of children according to customary law and
Islamic law is the same, that is, girls do not have a share in making decisions because a woman
feels weak and easy to use.
Key words: Inheritance, women, custom.