Can't recite the shahadah why?

seekerofpeace

New Member
Hello Matthew,


It would bring great joy to us to see you become a Muslim. Having said that, I must advise you that you have to first read and accept the most basic elements of Islam. These are the Five Pillars of Islam and the Six Pillars of Faith.


Please read about the Five Pillars of Islam by clicking on the following link:

http://www.islam-guide.com/frm-ch3-16.htm


Please read about the Six Pillars of Faith by clicking on the following link:

http://www.islam-guide.com/frm-ch3-2.htm


I wish you all the best.

Regards,

Bluegazer

Blueglazer, Thank you for those links, they didn't dissuade me, in fact they just confirmed everything I've already believed. I admit I had some trepidation before I clicked on those, but when I did I, Allāhu Akbar, I felt my heart leap with confirmation.

I'm going to take some time to pray and make my shahadar, if I do not come back tonight, I will tomorrow.

Peace though Allah,
Matthew
 

Bluegazer

Junior Member
Hello Matthew,


You're very welcome, and I'm very glad to hear of your reaction to reading about the Five Pillars of Islam and the Six Pillars of Faith.


Take care of yourself, and I hope we will -God willing- hear good news soon.


Best regards,

Bluegazer
 

IslamIsLight

Islam is my life
Staff member
assalamu aleikum
I'm confused.
Because I never took Shahada at the Mosque.
I learned how to pray bymyself and was fasting and following islam with all my heart for 2 years alhamdulillah,but I never took shahada ofissialy in front of anybody.I was always convienced in my faith and my love for Allah
Should I take shahada ofissialy,or what should I do,is it strict requirement?because I have no doubts in my heart about my faith.
Any advice
assalamu aleikum
 

Bluegazer

Junior Member
Assalamu Alaikum sister Aisha1114,


The following religious opinion [fatwa] is taken from the website supervised by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid. It's an answer to question no. 49715 [It is not essential for one to declare one’s Islam before witnesses in order for it to be valid]:

Question:

I am a young man who is married to a Muslim woman but her family is not Muslim. She became Muslim and learned some soorahs and how to pray via the internet. After we got married I asked her: at whose hand did you become Muslim? She said: I became Muslim by myself. I said to her: You have to utter the Shahaadahatayn, so she uttered them before me. Is that correct?
Please note that we got married in the mosque before the Shaykh and a number of witnesses, and she got a certificate proving that she is Muslim.


Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly:

In order for a person to become Muslim, it is not essential for him to declare his Islam before anyone. Islam is a matter that is between a person and his Lord, may He be blessed and exalted. If he asks people to bear witness to his Islam so that it may be documented among his personal documents, there is nothing wrong with that, but it should be done without making that a condition of his Islam being valid.

This has been explained in more than one answer. Please see the answers to questions no. 13698, 11936, 655, 6542 and 6703

Secondly:

No marriage contract is valid without a wali for the wife, but no kaafir can act as a wali for a Muslim woman. If she has no Muslim wali then the qaadi or the imam of the mosque or the local mufti may act as her wali.

In the answer to questions no. 7714 and 7989 you will find more details on the ruling on women in kaafir countries who do not have Muslim walis.

We ask Allaah to bless you both and to join you together in goodness.

Islam Q&A

Source: http://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=49715&ln=eng


You might want to go to a local mosque so that they could certify you as a Muslim, since you need to prove you're a Muslim so that you could get a visa from the Embassy of Saudi Arabia to be able to perform the Hajj [Obligatory Pilgrimage to Makkah].


Regards,

Bluegazer
 

mahussain3

Son of Aa'ishah(R.A)
My dear Brother Matthew,say The shahadah as soon as possible because we dont know when we will die.It is indeed the true faith,Allah(SWT) said in the Noble Quran "Llet there be no compulsion in religion,indeed truth has been made manifestly disitct from error."(2:256)


2:25. But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is Gardens, beneath which rivers flow. Every time they are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: "Why, this is what we were fed with before," for they are given things in similitude; and they have therein companions pure (and holy); and they abide therein (for ever).

2:161. Those who reject Faith, and die rejecting,- on them is Allah.s curse, and the curse of angels, and of all mankind;

Hope to hear frm u soon.May Alllah help u.(Ameen)
 

mahussain3

Son of Aa'ishah(R.A)
Assalamualycum brother,Here I'm writing the story of Pennisylvania teenager who Embraces Islam at a very young age of 17.Inhsa-Allalh I hope it will help you.

Why I am a Muslim
Ibrahim, a Pennsylvania teenager, explains how difficulties with church teaching about Jesus as God led him from Catholicism to Islam.
A time comes in everyone's life, or at least I hope it comes, when they realize that they have to not only believe what they believe in, whatever it may be, but get out there and proclaim it to the world. Luckily, that time came early for me. I am 17, and Islam is the belief that I’m proclaiming.
I was raised Catholic. Not internally as much as externally. I went to Catholic Sunday school, called CCD, but the Catholic view of God never played a major roll in my childhood. It was a Sunday thing. Anyhow, I started to enjoy Mass around 7th grade. It made me feel good to do the right thing. I was always a rather moral person, but I never really studied the fundamentals of Catholicism. I just knew that I felt good worshipping my creator.
I really liked Catholicism, but I always saw it as us (the Catholics) with Jesus worshipping God, not us worshipping God and Jesus as one. I saw Jesus (peace be upon him) as my example on how to be a good follower of and submitter to God's will, but not as God himself.
Before I was confirmed in 8th grade, in the fall of 1999, I learned a lot about what Catholicism was. The Catholicism of the Church had a lot on viewing Jesus as God in it. Nothing like my “undivided God being worshipped by me with Jesus as an example” train of thought. It was like they just opened up a can of cold, illogical confusion and tried to feed it to me. It didn’t feel right.
I continued with Catholic church, and kept on worshipping. But I talked to many in the church about my feelings that Jesus wasn't God but more of a Prophet, an example. They told me that I had to accept him as God and as a sacrifice, and so on. I just wasn't buying it. I tried to buy it but I guess God withhold the sale for my own benefit. There was a better car out there for me. I continued at the church.
Sometime in mid-December of 1999, for no reason that I can recall I started reading up on Islam in encyclopedias. I remember making a list of bolded words in the entry for "Islam" in an old 1964 Grolier World Book that I found in my closet, and studying them. For some reason I was amazed by this faith and that it was all about God and that it was everything that I believed all my life - right here. Previously, I had accepted that there was no faith like I felt inside of me. But I was amazed that I had found this faith. I found out that "my" faith had a name, and millions of other adherents!
Without ever reading a Qur'an or talking to another Muslim, I said shahada (declaring your belief in no god but God) on 31 December 1999. As the months passed, I learned more. I went through many periods of confusion, happiness, doubt and amazement. Islam took me on an enlightening tour of me, everyone else, and God.
The transition was slow. I was still attending Mass five months into my change of faith. Each time I went, I felt more and more distant from the congregation, but closer and closer to Prophet Jesus and God.
During Ramadan 2001, the second time I fasted (the first year, I converted during Ramadan and did not fast), I went to the library during lunch period. It was better than sitting at a table with my friends, because I got work done in the library. I swear my grades went up. Anyways, I started talking to the only other Muslim at my school, John. We talked about Islam a little more each day. He's an awesome brother and he took me to the mosque on the last Friday of Ramadan. Going was one of the best things I ever made in my life. God really answered my prayers this time. I thought I would be nervous, but I wasn't at all. It was the most natural thing I ever did in my life. I felt home. I realized something before leaving. As I sat there on the floor, praying to God, I realized that the room was full of others but it was OK. See, at home when someone asks me what I am doing, I never say I am praying. I never admit it to anyone. It is too awkward. But there, at the masjid, I was praying to God in front of a score of other Muslims and I felt perfectly fine. Better than fine! I felt secure and safe. It was the most liberating thing since I accepted God into my heart that cold New Year's Eve almost two years ago.
I never told my parents right out. In fact, I don't plan to. The most significant clue that I gave came around 1:00 AM on 16 December 2001, when I finally told my dad I was going to the mosque in the morning with a friend when he asked me why I was setting my alarm. He told me how he can't wait for me to move out of the house, how displeased he is with me and how stupid the choices I make are to him. I never told them straight out because I figured it was best to test the waters by revealing clues bit by bit; I didn't want to send a shockwave through the family. I can only imagine what my dad would do if he knew I was actually a practicing Muslim. He seems to hate my guts just for studying the faith, which he thinks is all I am doing. I understand that my dad is a depressed man, so I don't really hold this all against him. I mean, it is his fault for thinking himself so smart that he doesn't need God. That thought is what got him so depressed. But I don't think he realized how hard one's heart can be when you deny your human need for a relationship with your Creator. So I don't hold it all against him. He didn't know what he was getting into. My mom doesn't know that I am a Muslim, but at least she hasn't shown her anger over me going to the mosque. She is upset over it but never told me that I displease her, at least. As God commands, I'll continue to try my best to be nice to my parents as long as they don't attempt to take away my Islam. The best thing that I can do for them is to be a good example so that maybe one day, inshallah, they can see that there is a better way of living than living in the dark world of God-denial.
I've never been to the Mid-East, but I am studying Islam every day. I read books from every point of view. Sufi, Shia, Sunni, books on the Qur'an alone... The Muslims view sects as haram, so no matter what you believe you are always a Muslim and nothing extra. You may have completely different views than another Muslim, but as long as you both believe that there is no god but God, you are both Muslims and that's that. I read a lot on-line, and discuss a lot with other Muslims on-line and on the phone. I've met some really great people on-line who have taught me a lot about life, Islam and God.
Right now, I am 100% a Muslim and that will never change, inshallah. I thank God that I've gone through so many periods of doubt. When I look back I see that it was not God leaving me but God telling me that it was time that I asked myself how much I loved God, and what I was willing to go through to understand my faith. A week of crying, depression, prayer, reading to the extreme, and ignoring most other things in life sounds harsh...but the reward - knowing so much more about yourself, God, and the relationship between you (Islam) - is worth more than any material things. Through my interrogation of Islam I gained God’s most precious gift - Islam, or surrender to the peace. I've heard Christians say that with Christianity you "know God on a personal level." In Islam, your relationship with God is so much deeper than that. God is with me every moment, guiding me, teaching me, loving me, protecting me, liberating me, enlightening me, comforting me... Alhamdulilah for Islam!
Islam has done a lot for me. More than I could have ever guessed. And every day, it just gets better. I went from living my life on a trial-and-error basis to embracing guidance, and now knowing what the best choices are for me to make. From seeking who I am and spending a life in confusion, I am being guided. I can't find the words to say what its like, but I'll try again: God reveals to me what life is. I don't have to guess anymore.
- -- -
Sura 93, “The Morning Hours”
By the morning hours
By the night when it is still
Your lord has not abandoned you
and does not hate you
What is after will be better
than what came before
To you the lord will be giving
You will be content
Did he not find you orphaned and give you shelter
Find you lost and guide you
Find you in hunger and provide for you
As for the orphan, do not oppress him
And one who asks, do not turn him away
And the grace of your lord -- proclaim
- -- -
That is what I went through, what God did for me - what I am. So here is my proclamation to the world. Islam is more than you think it is, in fact more liberal than most would wish it to be. But do not only listen. Study all views for yourself...and come to your own conclusion. God says “let there be no compulsion in religion” because faith in God is a choice made by the heart, and it can't be forced.
Ibrahim
 

island muslim

Junior Member
assalamu aleikum
I'm confused.
Because I never took Shahada at the Mosque.
I learned how to pray bymyself and was fasting and following islam with all my heart for 2 years alhamdulillah,but I never took shahada ofissialy in front of anybody.I was always convienced in my faith and my love for Allah
Should I take shahada ofissialy,or what should I do,is it strict requirement?because I have no doubts in my heart about my faith.
Any advice
assalamu aleikum

salaamu alaiykum sister aisha,

ALHAMDULILAH you are muslim and PRACTISING .. MASHA ALLAH!
As far as I understand It is Islamic that you however let the muslim community know that you are a muslim so they treat you as their sister in Islam.

ALLAH AKBAR wa lil laa il hamd!
 

sugarbb

Junior Member
assalammualaikum sister aisya,

assalamu aleikum
I'm confused.
Because I never took Shahada at the Mosque.
I learned how to pray bymyself and was fasting and following islam with all my heart for 2 years alhamdulillah,but I never took shahada ofissialy in front of anybody.I was always convienced in my faith and my love for Allah
Should I take shahada ofissialy,or what should I do,is it strict requirement?because I have no doubts in my heart about my faith.
Any advice
assalamu aleikum

i think you should inform the relevant body (i.e islamic religious council) of your conversion to Islam, to avoid any problems (claiming of body for burial) in the future. like in my country, reverts took shahadah at the islamic centre and given a certificate of conversion to Islam certifying that he/she has, out of his/her free will, embraced Islam and agreed that in the event of death, his/her body shall be buried in accordance with Muslim rites. because there were cases whereby the families of the deceased person wanted to bury according to their christian or other beliefs bcoz there is no proper document to verify him/her being a muslim. :tti_sister:
 

konrad16660

Junior Member
I think you'll do it when your ready. I still need to find a mosque around where I live. I am not sure if I am going to revert, but every day I feel more and more that I want to do it. I have a lot to learn though! So I am waiting till I am educated enough.
 

nofel

New Member
Asslamo Alekoom sister aisha1114
the human when convert to islam should be take shahada, dont wory and dont confusion becose u dont need nessasery any one to take shahada in front, any one can take shahada with himself just need to know whats mean the words of shahada and should believe with it in his heart,and before all of that should be take ghossol (take washer).
please sister if you need any help dont hesitate to contact me ([email protected])
dont confusion you are muslem in sha Allah
 

Abdul Hasib

Student of Knowledge
You know that you could just say your Shahadah rite here on this site brother Matthew? That's the way brother Ibraheem Wulf dfid it.

Brother Wulf said:
There is only one God, his name is Allah swt and Muhhamad was his last and true Prophet, may the blessing of Allah swt be upon his name. Allahu Akbar

But you can also say:

"There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his Messenger."

Cause brother Wulf was not abel to go to a masjid also since he wanted to take his Shahadah but the Kafirs in his area oppress the Muslims and the people at the Masjid thought that he would hurt them. *shrugs shoulders*, could happen!

Frustation
 

mohamedqadar

Junior Member
hi there

i would say take the shahada as soon as possible and dont delay

Death certainly does not fix a time with us nor does it postpone its arrival for anyone, whether young or old!

i hope you will make the right decision insha allah

:salam2:
 

MubarekMuslimah

Junior Member
Ooh I am waiting to hear from brother Seekerofpeace!! so exciting! Insha'allah all is well!

May Allah swt bless and guide him always, Ameen

Allahu Akbar!!
 

ripefig

Junior Member
:salam2:

Oh YOU WHO BELIEVE, fear Allah as he should be feared and do not let death meet you except as a Muslim (submit totally to the one true God in Islam). Quran: Surat ul Imran.:wasalam:
 

DOC_BRO

Junior Member
Just talk to someone close to u a muslims brother or in the mosque and go to the mosque or any Islamic gathering on weekend or a Dars and talk to people about it I think they will help u and hopefully u will feel better then decide when u wanna take the shahada right away or next day in front of everyone or in private. Just keep urself relaxed, think this is the wisest decision of ur life and it is MashaAllah.
"Originally Posted by seekerofpeace
I'm still young enough I don't think about not waking up in the morning"
Well I dont wanna scare u but remember Allah asks us to remember death atleast once a day that will help u keep the fear or Allah and keep away from sin and there is no age or time for death as its said in Quran
"KULLU NAFSIN ZAYKATUL MAUT"
EACH LIVING BEING HAS TO TASTE DEATH.
(may Allah forgive me if I mispronounced or mistranslated anything)
rest Allah knows best.
 

seekerofpeace

New Member
I DID IT!!!!!

Ooh I am waiting to hear from brother Seekerofpeace!! so exciting! Insha'allah all is well!

May Allah swt bless and guide him always, Ameen

Allahu Akbar!!

Good Morning my brothers and sister in Islam :) Friday Morning I made Shahadah in my room. I love this feeling of peace that I'm enjoying. Monday I'm going to try to head to the local masajid.

Thank you all for your help and encouragement. I know this is just the 1st step of many on this path, but I know this is where I need to be.

Again Thank you all,
Allahu Akbar
Regards,
Matthew
 

Aapa

Mirajmom
Salaam,

You who saught peace...welcome home. Welcome to the home of peace.
May Allah reward you. May Allah guide you to wisdom...May Allah ignite you soul with Love.
Matthew, dear brother...you have inspired me and given me renewed hope..I pray you understand what joy you give us.

Your sister in Islam.
 

maisha_d

Junior Member
:salam2:
:mashallah:
Allah [swt] guides whom he wishes, Alhamdulillah welcome to the brother/sisterhood of Islam.

:wasalam:
maisha
 

Abdul Hasib

Student of Knowledge
Mashallah brother Mathew, I knew you could do it!

Takbeer!

ALLAHU AKBAR!

Takbeer!

ALLAHU AKBAR!

Takbeer!

ALLAHU AKBAR!
 
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