AbdulRahman Bin Abdulkarim Al-Sheha | Language: English | Format: PDF | Pages: 129 | Size: 1 MB
How To Become A Muslim: An informative and detailed guide to new Muslims discussing the main pillars of Islam, Faith, as well as various commandments and prohibitions in Islam.
Conents
How to Become Muslim ?
How Does One Enter the Fold of Islam?
The Shahaadataan
The Meaning of Laa Ilaaha Ill-Allah
The Meanings of the Shahaadah:
The Conditions of the Shahaadah
1)Knowledge:
2)Certainty:
3)Acceptance:
4)Compliance
5)Truthfulness:
6)Sincerity of worship:
7)Love:
The Fruits of having Eemaan (Belief)in Allah
Eemaan in the Angels
Fruits of Eemaan in the Angels
Eemaan in Allah’s Books
1)The Scriptures of Ibraaheem (u)(Abraham)and Musaau)(Moses):
2)The Tawraah:
3)The Zaboor:
4)The Injeel:
5)The Noble Qur`an:
The Fruits of Eemaan in Allah’s Books
Eemaan in Allah’s Messengers
Who is Muhammad (PBUH)?
The Fruits of Eemaan in the Messengers
Eemaan in the Last Day
1)To believe in the life of the Barzakh:
2)To believe in the Resurrection:
3)To believe in the Gathering:
4)To believe that people will be set before Allah:
5)To believe that one’s limbs will bear witness.
6)To believe in the Questioning.
7)To believe in the Siraat,
8)To believe in the weighing of deeds on the Scale.
9)To believe in the handing out of scrolls and books.
10)To believe that people will be rewarded
11)To believe in the Hawd, Intercession, and all other things.
The Fruits of Eemaan in the Last Day.
Eemaan in Qadaa´and Qadar
The belief in Qadar means to believe in four things:
The Fruits of Eemaan in Qadaa´and Qadar
The Testimony that ‘Muhammad is the Messenger
What One Should Do After Pronouncing the Shahaadataan
A Description of a Complete Bath (Ghusl)
Ghusl becomes obligatory after one of the following things:
The Wudoo´
Tayammum (Dry Ablution)
The Salaah (Prayer)
The Fruits of Salaah
The Timings of the Salaah
The Prerequisites of Salaah
A Description of the Salaah
Voluntary Prayers
The Forbidden Times of Prayer
Zakaah
The Conditions of Zakaah
Those Eligible for Zakaah
Important Notes
The Fast (Siyaam)of Ramadaan
Hajj
A Description of Hajj
The Worship of Allah
The Individual and Social Effects of Worship
The Commandments of Islam
Various Prohibitions
Selected Supplications,Words of Remembrance
Brotherly Advice
Appendix I: Various Chapters of the Quran
Appendix II: Supplications after the Obligatory Prayers
Short Introduction
How Does One Enter the Fold of Islam?
In order to enter the fold of Islam and become a Muslim, there are no specific religious rituals or customs that one need to perform, neither in specific areas nor in front of specific people. This is due to the fact that Islam is a direct relationship between the slave and His Lord without any intermediaries. Also one does not need to exert great efforts [to enter its fold], he merely needs to utter a few words which are easy on the tongue but very weighty in meaning. One who has decided to become Muslim says the following words in order to enter the fold of Islam, which is called the ‘Shahaadataan’:
“Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha ill-Allah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan
‘abd-ullahi wa rasooluh.
“I testify that there is no true deity except Allah, and I
testify that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.”
This statement is the key to the door of Islam. Whoever utters it shuns all other religions besides Islam and all beliefs which differ from it. Through this statement, he receives the rights which all other Muslims receive, and he must fulfill the rights which all other Muslims must fulfill. His wealth, honor and blood become consecrate and protected, except for those cases in which the Islamic law needs to intercede. It is true that one is regarded to be a Muslim by what is outward and apparent and that only Allah knows what is truly in his heart, but one must know the meanings found in the Shahaadataan.
