Code of Muslim Personal Laws

Article 173

The following are communal properties: (a) Customary heirloom, which shall include artifacts and ancestral implements or things of cultural value handed down from a common ancestor; (b) Ancestral property, which shall comprehend hallowed ancestral plot, ancestral shrine, royal court, and similar properties; and (c) charitable trust property.

Article 174

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, communal property shall be administered or disposed of in accordance with Muslim law, 'ada, and special provisions of law. (2) Any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding, the trustee of any communal property shall be the person who is in lawful possession thereof, either personally or through an agent. (3) The Shari'a Circuit Court may appoint a trustee of a communal property when there is a dispute as to its custody, possession, or administration.