How to accept Islam

Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. There are over one billion muslims living in all over the world. People are converting to Islam in a record numbers.

According to islamicweb website, among every four humans in the world, one of them is Muslim. Muslims have increased by over 235 percent in the last fifty years.

Below are some of the suggested steps to become a muslim:

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Read the holy book of muslims called Quran. You can buy this book from local book store or Amazon.com. Read at least three to four times cover to cover to understand its meanings.

2. Read Hadees. These are the saying of prophet Muhammad (May peace be upon him). You can buy the books of Hadees from your local store or Amazon.com.

3. Go to Youtube.com and watch some vidoes of people who converted to Islam. These videos will provide you the insight of what attracted thousands of other people towards Islam.

4. Become friend of a good muslim and observe him or her and ask any questions you may have about Islam. This will help you to understand what is required to become a good muslim.

5. Write down all the questions you have about Islam and meet with a local Imam or a religious Islamic scholar in your area and ask any question you may have.

6. If you are ready to become a muslim, inform Imam and he will help you to say the shahada. The Shahada is the Muslim declaration of belief in the oneness of God and acceptance of Muhammad as his prophet. The declaration reads: Lā ilaha illal-Lāh, Muhammadun rasūlula-Lāh "There is no god but God."

[abufaatimah]

on 10/19/2009 Thank you for the article. To just clarify a common mistake in translation, the Shahadah or testimony of faith (which when uttered, enters a person into Islam) means: "There is nothing worthy of worship in truth except Allah (which is Arabic for the One and Almighty God and Creator of all that exists to whom belongs the most beautiful Names and perfect Attributes), and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." You can pronounce that in Arabic by saying: Laa ilaaha il-lal-Lah, Muhammad-dur-Rasul-ul-lah. A good site to start your research is: www.islaam.ca, hope that helps!

[abufaatimah]

on 10/19/2009 Thank you for the article. To just clarify a common mistake in translation, the Shahadah or testimony of faith (which when uttered, enters a person into Islam) means: "There is nothing worthy of worship in truth except Allah (which is Arabic for the One and Almighty God and Creator of all that exists to whom belongs the most beautiful Names and perfect Attributes), and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." You can pronounce that in Arabic by saying: Laa ilaaha il-lal-Lah, Muhammad-dur-Rasul-ul-lah. A good site to start your research is: www.islaam.ca, hope that helps!

[muqeem]

on 10/11/2009 Continuity of the Message of All The Prophets of God Almighty
Islam is not a new religion because “submission to the will of God”, i.e. Islam, has always been the only acceptable religion in the sight of God. For this reason, Islam is the true “natural religion”, and it is the same eternal message revealed through the ages to all of God’s prophets and messengers. Muslims believe that all of God’s prophets, which include Abraham, Noah, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, brought the same message of Pure Monotheism. For this reason, the Prophet Muhammad was not the founder of a new religion, as many people mistakenly think, but he was the final Prophet of Islam. By revealing His final message to Muhammad, which is an eternal and universal message for all of mankind, God finally fulfilled the covenant that He made with Abraham, who was one of the earliest and greatest prophets.

[muslimahdream]

on 9/14/2009 Nice article sista