Jurnal Dinamika Hukum Vol. 19 Issue 2, Mei 2019 E-ISSN 2407-6562 P-ISSN 1410-0797 National Accredited Journal, Decree No. 21/E/KPT/2018 DOI: 10.20884/1.jdh.2019.19.2.2525 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (cc-by) The Implementation of Inheritance Based on The Tribe of Kaili Ledo and Islamic Inheritance Laws Fipy Rizky Amalia a & Haswida Amalia b ab Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya – Indonesia Abstract Law is an inherent part of Indonesian society, which does not only national law but also customary law. One of the customary laws in Indonesia is the Kaili customary law. Kaili customary law is only applicable to specific communities. Whereas Islamic law applies broadly to all Muslims. One of them is in the field of inheritance law. From many disputes that occur in inheritance law, the distribution of heritage in inheritance law has always been a major problem that occurs in society, both in Kaili's customary inheritance and Islamic inheritance laws. It is interesting to find out more that each of the rules has different dispute resolution where Kaili‘s customary inheritance law trusts Totua nu ada as a person who has the capability to distribute the heritage. This study was conducted by the Conceptual and Comparative Approach. In conclusion, Kaili indigenous community, are familiar with customary institutions, and, in Islamic law, they have the Religious Courts to resolve their inheritance disputes. Keywords: customary inheritance law; Islamic law; division of inheritance. Abstrak Hukum merupakan salah satu bagian yang melekat pada masyarakat Indonesia, di mana tidak hanya berlaku hukum nasional saja tetapi juga hukum adatnya. Salah satu hukum adat yang ada di Indonesia adalah hukum adat kaili. Hukum adat kaili hanya berlaku dalam masyarakat tertentu saja. Sedangkan hukum islam berlaku secara luas untuk seluruh umat muslim. Salah satunya adalah bidang hukum waris. Dari sekian banyak sengketa yang terjadi dalam hukum waris, pembagian harta dalam hukum waris selalu menjadi masalah utama yang terjadi dalam masyarakat, baik dalam waris adat suku kaili ataupun dalam waris islam. Menjadi hal yang menarik untuk dikaji bahwa setiap aturannya mempunyai penyelesaian sengketa yang berbeda dimana dalam hukum waris adat kaili lebih mempercai Totua nu ada sebagai orang tepercaya untuk pembagian warisan. Dalam penulisan ini dilakukan dengan conceptual and comparative Approach. Kesimpulan, dalam masyarakat adat kaili mengenal lembaga adat dan dalam hukum islam melalui Pengadilan Agama untuk penyelesaian sengketa warisnya. Kata kunci: hukum waris adat; hukum Islam; pembagian waris. Copyright©2019 Jurnal Dinamika Hukum. All rights reserved. Introduction Inheritance law is a part of civil law and a small part of family law. Inheritance law is closely related to human life, which results from the emergence of rights and obligations for himself and the others. Humans will experience a legal event called death which will involve the relationship between him and his parents, relatives, and people who have a direct relationship with him. The inheritance law governs how to manage the rights and obligations after a person passed away. According to A. Pitlo, the definition of inheritance law is, “the inheritance law is a series of provisions, in which, due to the death of a person, the consequences in the field