Living Allah way
Living Allah way
Beginner's guide to Islam
Boy wearing prayer cap and reading the Qur'an
Muslim in prayer inside the Sehzade mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
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It only requires a very simple act, but the meaning behind
it is very deep.
You have to believe that there is only one God, Allah, who
created the entire universe, and that Muhammad (peace be
upon him) is his final messenger on earth.
If you recite this, with total sincerity, in front of two
witnesses, you have become a Muslim. It really is as simple
as that.
Muslims call this recitation the Shahadah, and refer to it
as the first Pillar of Islam.
And if you become a Muslim by converting (some Muslims would
say "reverting") to Islam your fellow Muslims will accept
you as if you had been born a Muslim.
Submitting to God
Becoming a Muslim takes you into a new world.
It's a world in which you are intensely aware of your
relationship with Allah, and aware that everything in the
world exists because Allah chose that it should.
This gives life a whole new meaning, it lifts many
responsibilities, and replaces them with the single aim of
living life in the way that Allah wants you to live it.
So when you become a Muslim you have to live Allah's way.
Every moment of your life has to follow Allah's will. Every
choice you make must be the choice that would please Allah.
This may sound pretty constricting to people brought up in
cultures that put more emphasis on the individual and what
they want. A Muslim would disagree.
Part of the family
Women in Muslim hedscarfs holding a child
Muslims think of themselves as members of one family ©
Muslims think of themselves as members of one family, called
the Ummah. It's a family of all Muslims, and not just of all
Muslims around the world, but of all Muslims who ever
existed.
Constantly in touch with Allah
Once a Muslim has accepted Allah as the one and only God,
they have to establish a constant link with God in their
everyday lives - prayer is perhaps the best way to do that,
and prayer is the second Pillar of Islam.
If it's possible, a Muslim should pray five times a day, at
set times, and facing Mecca. You can pray almost anywhere.
In mosques men and women pray separately; in some mosques
this is done with the men at the front and the women behind,
in other mosques there are separate rooms for men and women.
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