Abdurraheem Green – What does it take to become a Muslim Q and A

			That's a very good question, brother. And may Allah reward you so much for asking that question. The
question is to repeat it.
		

			What what does it actually take to be Muslim? And you know, it's true that there are people who want
to become Muslim, but they get scared, because they think that becoming Muslim is going to involve
like, some, I don't know, some weird ritual, right, you know, like, I don't know, getting, you know,
submerged in water. And I don't know this, and
		

			I don't know what they think, you know, they might get quite scared thinking about it, right? Okay.
But it's actually very, very simple. Okay, becoming a muslim is very simple. You know, being a
Muslim, fundamentally, is that you accept something, you accept that there is one God who has
created the heavens and the earth, right, and you should only worship the one God. And if you accept
that Muhammad is the Messenger of God, simply that is it's right, if that's what you accept, and
that's what you believe to be true. Right? Then simply all you do is you testify to that in front of
some other Muslims. And you do that simply by repeating in front of some other Muslims, so witnesses
		

			shall do and La ilaha illallah wa shabu anna Muhammadan rasul Allah. So the most difficult way is
trying to say the Arabic right. But apart from that, you're just saying you testify there is nothing
worthy of worship except the one God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God. And after you say that
you have entered into the fold of Islam. Of course, once you have taken the shahada, you've taken
the testimony of faith, right? Then it is recommended that you wash yourself, you put on some clean
clothes, and certainly you need to start learning, okay to pray five times a day. Of course, you
can't just pray automatically like that and learn everything takes time. But you start to try
		

			praying five times a day. And that's really it. That's all that it takes. And as you find out and as
you learn as you go along, you do your best to practice what you can, you know, as much as you can,
as much as Allah Spano, Tala permits you to do. So it's really that simple. You don't think I have
to know all of these things and do all of these things you don't you just need to follow the steps.
So alhamdulillah does answer the question, Brother, did I do something else? I think that is
basically really what it is very, very simple. And, of course, if anyone does feel like becoming
Muslim Hamden tonight that would be fantastic as well. Surely Don't feel shy. You know, you never
		

			know how long your life is gonna be, you know, so don't don't delay