How to convert to Islam?
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I want to convert
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Answer:
How to convert to Islam?
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
All you have to do is declare
the testification of faith or shahaadah:
‘I bear witness that there is no
god but Allah, and I bear witness that Mohamed (saws) is the Messenger of
Allah.’
Anyone who declares the
testification of faith or shahaadah will be considered a muslim and enter into
the fold of al-Islam.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verses 125-126:So (the fact is that) whomever Allah
wills to guide aright, He makes his
breast wide open to Islam. And
whomever He wills to let go astray, He
makes his breast narrow and squeezes it so tight that (at the very idea of Islam)
he begins to feel as if his soul were climbing up towards the sky. Thus Allah puts the wrath over those who do
not believe, whereas this Way is the
Straight Way of your Lord, and We have
made its Signs quite clear for those who are open to advice.
God is Great! All Praise is due to God Almighty Alone, Who expands the hearts of whom He Wills, and blesses them with the Guidance of Truth! God is indeed Great!
May God Almighty expand your and
our hearts, bless you and us with the
knowledge of Truth, help you and
us, have mercy on you and us, and keep us all steadfast on the Path of
Truth. May God Almighty bless your
reversion to Al-Islam, make Islam a
source of contentment for you in the life of this world, and a source of honor for you in the eternal
and everlasting life of the Hereafter.
As your brothers and sisters
united in the worship of the One and Only True Lord and Creator, we wholeheartedly welcome you to this
beautiful and approved Way of Life called Al-Islam.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
Burhan