The factors of delay in claiming immovable property among residents in Shah Alam / Siti Nurul Sarah Rahim

The problem of delays in estate claims is increasing from year to year. This
phenomenon creates a number of issues that are increasingly critical and difficult to
solve. If these properties were not developed, it would have given a huge loss to
Muslims itself. This problem is due to the problem of inheritance management within
the Malaysian Muslim community where they lack of understanding on the aspects of
their property management. Moreover, Muslims are also less aware of the importance
of making a will because they believe the property of the deceased can be managed
through the faraid system. The negligence of Muslims in managing property will have
an impact on the country's economic development as the property cannot be used
appropriately. Hence, this study aims is to analyse the influence of the level
understanding and the level awareness to the delay in claiming of immovable property
and to determine the most significant factor in influencing the delay in claiming of
immovable property. The method used is quantitative study where the respondents of
this study were residents live in Shah Alam. Instrument that had been used are through
a questionnaire and consists of 9 question items from section B and section C.
Researchers had used the Statistical Package for Social Science version 20 (SPSS) to
analyse raw data for frequency, percentage, correlation, and coefficient. As a result,
the findings show that the most factor of delay in claiming immovable property are
from the public level understanding. At the end of the study, several suggestions have
been proposed to increase the level of understanding and awareness among Muslims.