Entering Islam

How does a person become a Muslim?

From the Sabīl library · scholarly review pending

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The testimony of faith

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

Ash-hadu an lā ilāha illallāh, wa ash-hadu anna Muḥammadan Rasūlullāh

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah.

Said with belief in the heart, this is enough. No witness is required for its validity, no ceremony, no certificate, and no Arabic name. Islam accepted erases everything that came before it.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — “Islam demolishes what preceded it.”

Then, on the first day

From The First Forty Days · Open the full title

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Answered from

The First Forty Days