Just so we have a bit of a background okay, so uh how long have you been looking into
Islam?
Sorry is this your husband?
Maasha'Allah is your husband Muslim, I can see the hat Maasha'Allah.
For a long time, I've got a smaller version of the Quran, and I listen to the Quran quite
often and the comparisons with Christianity and the koran you know my mother is a christian
so that's why yeah but I've always been more drawn of late to the koran and to Islam because
I understand it more as I've grown older, yes yes yes, you know, I mean Christianity
and Islam are the closest religions on the planet absolutely okay there's so much in
common even the names of the Prophets and the Messengers etc...
yeah exactly and Jesus peace be upon him, this is the crux is jesus christ peace be
upon him we believe in him as a messenger of God like Abraham and Moses who came to
his people with a message okay he never he never told his followers to worship him he
always asked his followers to worship God like Abraham and Moses and every other prophet
they said the same message and the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ came with the same message worship
the one who created you don't worship anyone else okay and this is your means of salvation
okay and I've asked for more guidance i've been asking for guidance, haven't i, I have
haven't I even said to you the other day yesterday well we had a serious discussion yesterday
because you know I was saying that maybe i'm wrong maybe I am wrong because my knowledge
is not Alhamdulillah like sheikh standard but maybe I was wrong and we came up and i
was saying that the non-muslim prayers is not accepted and obviously you know she took
offense to that but then i'm thinking to myself then i tried to clear up the difference between
prayer and dua' (supplication) which is a big difference i mean worship yes well dua'
in one way is worship, dua' is worship but he's not prayer no so the prayer is what rasulullah
ﷺ showed us how to pray, so I was ... but she wasn't having it **Laughter** She was
saying no no no when I ask Allah I know he's hearing me, so you believe in Allah, off course,
you call upon Allah?
Of course, Subhan-Allah, but you haven't formally taken that step, no that's why she shocked
me now saying she gonna take her shahada, that is a shock I was only saying oh let me
just go and look here but if she says that I think I'm going to just stand here.
Ok sister MaashaAllaah we won't delay it any further, so it's a belief in the heart yes
it is that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah and the Prophet Muhammad peace
be upon him is a messenger of god okay it's a belief in the heart that then is said as
a statement on your tongue okay which is called the shahada like a testimony of faith and
then that is manifest as actions on your limbs the praying the fasting and these things and
obviously living your life how God wants you to live it Allah wants us to live it and you
have the guidance here which is the Quran okay from the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon
him okay and this is is essentially the key to paradise every single Muslim will enter
into paradise every single Muslim because they are worshiping God not how we think he
wants to be a worship but how he wants us to worship him how he deserves to be worshipped
of course we will never fulfill that so through his mercy we will enter into paradise and
now obviously our actions that we show this uh this belief we have in our heart so i'll
say the statement in arabic and then i'll say it in english okay and i'll ask you to
repeat after me okay i'll say it slowly in pieces so you can repeat it slowly and after
that point you'll be a muslim, okay you say
أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ وَأَشْهَدُ
أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ
“Ashadu an la ilaha illa Allah, wa ashadu anna muhammadan rasul ullah.”
I'll translate for you and if you repeat after me "I bear witness that there is no one worthy
of worship except Allah and I bear witness that the prophet Muhammad is the messenger
of Allah"
Allaahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)
Welcome to Islam Sister, Maasha'Allaah
We are very happy for you very happy for you Maasha'Allaah.
She already has a Muslim name, Khadija.
Now you live your life as a complete Muslim
If you'd like we can take your number as we have a new Muslim mentor program where a sister
will probably call you and if you have any concerns any questions they can sort of help
you through the prayer and all these things.