How to Convert to Islam and Become a Muslim

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The word “Muslim” means one who submits to the will of God, regardless of their race, nationality or ethnic background. Becoming a Muslim is a simple and easy process that requires no pre-requisites. One may convert alone in privacy, or he/she may do so in the presence of others.

If anyone has a real desire to be a Muslim and has full conviction and strong belief that Islam is the true religion of God, then, all one needs to do is pronounce the “Shahada”, the testimony of faith, without further delay. The “Shahada” is the first and most important of the five pillars of Islam.

With the pronunciation of this testimony, or “Shahada”, with sincere belief and conviction, one enters the fold of Islam.

Upon entering the fold of Islam purely for the Pleasure of God, all of one’s previous sins are forgiven, and one starts a new life of piety and righteousness. The Prophet said to a person who had placed the condition upon the Prophet in accepting Islam that God would forgive his sins:

“Do you not know that accepting Islam destroys all sins which come before it?” (Saheeh Muslim)

When one accepts Islam, they in essence repent from the ways and beliefs of their previous life. One need not to be overburdened by sins committed before their acceptance. The person’s record is clean, and it is as if he was just born from his mother’s womb. One should try as much as possible to keep his records clean and strive to do as many good deeds as possible.

The Holy Quran and Hadeeth (prophetic sayings) both stress the importance of following Islam. God states:

“...The only religion in the sight of God is Islam...” (Quran 3:19)

In another verse of the Holy Quran, God states:

“If anyone desires a religion other than Islam, never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter, he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (their selves in the Hellfire).” (Quran 3:85)

In another saying, Muhammad, the Prophet of God, said:

“Whoever testifies that there in none worthy of being worshipped but God, Who has no partner, and that Muhammad is His slave and Prophet, and that Jesus is the Slave of God, His Prophet, and His word[1] which He bestowed in Mary and a spirit created from Him; and that Paradise (Heaven) is true, and that the Hellfire is true, God will eventually admit him into Paradise, according to his deeds.” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari)

The Prophet of God, may God praise him, also reported:

“Indeed God has forbidden to reside eternally in Hell the person who says: “I testify that none has the right to worship except Allah (God),’ seeking thereby the Face of God.” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari)

The Declaration of the Testimony (Shahada)
To convert to Islam and become a Muslim a person needs to pronounce the below testimony with conviction and understanding its meaning:

I testify “La ilah illa Allah, Muhammad rasoolu Allah.”

The translation of which is:

“I testify that there is no true god (deity) but God (Allah), and that Muhammad is a Messenger (Prophet) of God.”

To hear it click here or click on “Live Help” above for assistance by chat.

When someone pronounces the testimony with conviction, then he/she have become a Muslim. It can be done alone, but it is much better to be done with an adviser through the “Live Help” at top, so he may help you in pronouncing it right.

The first part of the testimony consists of the most important truth that God revealed to mankind: that there is nothing divine or worthy of being worshipped except for Almighty God. God states in the Holy Quran:

“We did not send the Messenger before you without revealing to him: ‘none has the right to be worshipped except I, therefore worship Me.’” (Quran 21:25)

This conveys that all forms of worship, whether it be praying, fasting, invoking, seeking refuge in, and offering an animal as sacrifice, must be directed to God and to God alone. Directing any form of worship to other than God (whether it be an angel, a messenger, Jesus, Muhammad, a saint, an idol, the sun, the moon, a tree) is seen as a contradiction to the fundamental message of Islam, and it is an unforgivable sin unless it is repented from before one dies. All forms of worship must be directed to God only.

Worship means the performance of deeds and sayings that please God, things which He commanded or encouraged to be performed, either by direct textual proof or by analogy. Thus, worship is not restricted to the implementation of the five pillars of Islam, but also includes every aspect of life. Providing food for one’s family, and saying something pleasant to cheer a person up are also considered acts of worship, if such is done with the intention of pleasing God. This means that, to be accepted, all acts of worship must be carried out sincerely for the Sake of God alone.

The second part of the testimony means that Prophet Muhammad is the servant and chosen messenger of God. This implies that one obeys and follows the commands of the Prophet. One must believe in what he has said, practice his teachings and avoid what he has forbidden. One must therefore worship God only according to his teaching alone, for all the teachings of the Prophet were in fact revelations and inspirations conveyed to him by God.

One must try to mold their lives and character and emulate the Prophet, as he was a living example for humans to follow. God says:

“And indeed you are upon a high standard of moral character.” (Quran 68:4)

God also said:

“And in deed you have a good and upright example in the Messenger of God, for those who hope in the meeting of God and the Hereafter, and mentions God much.” (Quran 33:21)

He was sent in order to practically implement the Quran, in his saying, deeds, legislation as well as all other facets of life. Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, when asked about the character of the Prophet, replied:

“His character was that of the Quran.” (As-Suyooti)

To truly adhere to the second part of the Shahada is to follow his example in all walks of life. God says:

“Say (O Muhammad to mankind): ‘If you (really) love God, then follow me.’” (Quran 3:31)

It also means that Muhammad is the Final Prophet and Messenger of God, and that no (true) Prophet can come after him.

“Muhammad is not the father of any man among you but he is the Messenger of God and the last (end) of the Prophets and God is Ever All-Aware of everything.” (Quran 33:40)

All who claim to be prophets or receive revelation after Muhammad are imposters, and to acknowledge them would be tantamount to disbelief.

We welcome you to Islam, congratulate you for your decision, and will try to help you in any way we can.

[McCulloch]

why don't you believe in god?

I do not believe that there is a God because there is insufficient evidence and reason to believe in any God. I remain a skeptical agnostic toward the deist god and an atheist towards the JCI god.

well,

have you ever analysed what kind of a proof do you need.?

[sarcasm]No, I really have not given the matter any serious thought.[/sarcasm]

i mean isnt the fact,
that once you were not there , now you are there , and next you wont be there, sufficient.

or what is it that you expect to happen.

Maybe you were a bit sketchy on the details.

1. I exist.
2. My existence is temporary.
3. Therefore God.

Could you fill in the missing bit between 2 and 3?

[Rathpig]

Abrahamist mythology supplies it's own proof against the existence of the claimed deity. These are all self-refuting superstitions/mythologies.


Allah is a self-contradiction. Self-contradictions can not exist.

1). Is Allah "most/all powerful"? (Islam says Yes)

2). Can Allah relinquish his power to another and be subservient? (Islam says No)

3). Allah obviously lacks the power to be subservient; therefore Allah is not the most/all powerful.


To avoid this dilemma, Allah must be less than claimed. If Allah is not as claimed, then Allah is not "God". This is the problem with Mohammad borrowing a Jewish mythology he didn't understand. Mohammad, or the committee called "The Prophet", failed to understand the natural evolution of the Hebrew religious ideology because it appeared static from his limited world-view.

The simple reality is that to maintain cultural control the Hebrew priesthood had to keep recreating a better and better "God" to compete with the various other semitic cultures. By the time this mythology was borrowed for the creation of Islam, this "God" had become a mass of self-contradiction and multi-mythologies. The original "God of Abraham" had been borrowed for other cultures, but was nothing in either power or scope compared to the new and improved socially evolved "God of Abraham 600CE".




Islam fails the test of logic. Allah is a myth. Not even an original myth or a particularly interesting myth. The Arabs were much like the Northern Europeans, they traded a much more interesting pantheon for a rather silly story simply because it was written in a book and bashed into their heads with a sword.

[umair]

why don't you believe in god?

I do not believe that there is a God because there is insufficient evidence and reason to believe in any God. I remain a skeptical agnostic toward the deist god and an atheist towards the JCI god.

well,

have you ever analysed what kind of a proof do you need.?

[sarcasm]No, I really have not given the matter any serious thought.[/sarcasm]

i mean isnt the fact,
that once you were not there , now you are there , and next you wont be there, sufficient.

or what is it that you expect to happen.

Maybe you were a bit sketchy on the details.

1. I exist.
2. My existence is temporary.
3. Therefore God.

Could you fill in the missing bit between 2 and 3?

yes.

the missing bit is simply the answer.

that, why is my existence temporary?

[Goat]

yes.

the missing bit is simply the answer.

that, why is my existence temporary?

We see people be born, we see people die. What evidence do you have that there is more that is objective evidence, and not merely unsupported assertions from so called 'holy books'?

[McCulloch]

Maybe you were a bit sketchy on the details.

1. I exist.
2. My existence is temporary.
3. Therefore God.

Could you fill in the missing bit between 2 and 3?

yes.

the missing bit is simply the answer.

that, why is my existence temporary?

My existence is temporary because I am a biological being a product of evolution. Evolution does not work very well with eternal beings.

How is it that my temporary existence necessitates God in your view?

[umair]

Maybe you were a bit sketchy on the details.

1. I exist.
2. My existence is temporary.
3. Therefore God.

Could you fill in the missing bit between 2 and 3?

yes.

the missing bit is simply the answer.

that, why is my existence temporary?

My existence is temporary because I am a biological being a product of evolution. Evolution does not work very well with eternal beings.

How is it that my temporary existence necessitates God in your view?

why ever was there a need for evolution, for the creation of such a complicated life,in this virtually dead universe.
i mean that from where did the concept of life originate , in this vast universe, or probably what was the need for it to happen.

[Goat]

Maybe you were a bit sketchy on the details.

1. I exist.
2. My existence is temporary.
3. Therefore God.

Could you fill in the missing bit between 2 and 3?

yes.

the missing bit is simply the answer.

that, why is my existence temporary?

My existence is temporary because I am a biological being a product of evolution. Evolution does not work very well with eternal beings.

How is it that my temporary existence necessitates God in your view?

why ever was there a need for evolution, for the creation of such a complicated life,in this virtually dead universe.
i mean that from where did the concept of life originate , in this vast universe, or probably what was the need for it to happen.

Who said life was a concept? Why do you think life is a 'concept'. Life is merely specialized chemistry.

[umair]

Maybe you were a bit sketchy on the details.

1. I exist.
2. My existence is temporary.
3. Therefore God.

Could you fill in the missing bit between 2 and 3?

yes.

the missing bit is simply the answer.

that, why is my existence temporary?

My existence is temporary because I am a biological being a product of evolution. Evolution does not work very well with eternal beings.

How is it that my temporary existence necessitates God in your view?

why ever was there a need for evolution, for the creation of such a complicated life,in this virtually dead universe.
i mean that from where did the concept of life originate , in this vast universe, or probably what was the need for it to happen.

Who said life was a concept? Why do you think life is a 'concept'. Life is merely specialized chemistry.

well my question is still valid,

what was the need for your specialised chemistry(to create life) to occur , in this virtually dead universe.

[Goat]

Maybe you were a bit sketchy on the details.

1. I exist.
2. My existence is temporary.
3. Therefore God.

Could you fill in the missing bit between 2 and 3?

yes.

the missing bit is simply the answer.

that, why is my existence temporary?

My existence is temporary because I am a biological being a product of evolution. Evolution does not work very well with eternal beings.

How is it that my temporary existence necessitates God in your view?

why ever was there a need for evolution, for the creation of such a complicated life,in this virtually dead universe.
i mean that from where did the concept of life originate , in this vast universe, or probably what was the need for it to happen.

Who said life was a concept? Why do you think life is a 'concept'. Life is merely specialized chemistry.

well my question is still valid,

what was the need for your specialised chemistry(to create life) to occur , in this virtually dead universe.

Why do you think there is a 'need'? Please show that there is a need. You are making an unsupported assumption with your question.

[umair]

Maybe you were a bit sketchy on the details.

1. I exist.
2. My existence is temporary.
3. Therefore God.

Could you fill in the missing bit between 2 and 3?

yes.

the missing bit is simply the answer.

that, why is my existence temporary?

My existence is temporary because I am a biological being a product of evolution. Evolution does not work very well with eternal beings.

How is it that my temporary existence necessitates God in your view?

why ever was there a need for evolution, for the creation of such a complicated life,in this virtually dead universe.
i mean that from where did the concept of life originate , in this vast universe, or probably what was the need for it to happen.

Who said life was a concept? Why do you think life is a 'concept'. Life is merely specialized chemistry.

well my question is still valid,

what was the need for your specialised chemistry(to create life) to occur , in this virtually dead universe.

Why do you think there is a 'need'? Please show that there is a need. You are making an unsupported assumption with your question.

yes ofcourse because it is this unsupported assumption which we want to undermine and exclude from our thoughts,
this is also a part of the thought process.