Converting to Islam

You can visit the AWQAF (Islamic Affairs) department in Al-Sadd next to Arab Bank and Honda Showroom. They will guide you with all the necessary details, material and procedure. BTW I will suggest that you go through the Islamic teachings really well before embracing the religion. May Allah SWT help and guide us all to the right path.

Allah knows the best

Never Ask for a SMILE..just GIVE it..

Anahmed, I ain't in Qatar, i'm in Portugal, just wanted you guys to tell me what are the requesitions, about being a good muslim, all i can say is that i'm converting for love not because i belive it, it's the law at Morocco that says that if i don't convert, marriage ain't valid, for Love i can make some sacrifices.
Muslim brothers/sisters, don't feal as an ofense that i don't belive truelly on it but it also hurts me that my girlfriend family may give problems or even ignore her if i don't convert

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

as brit said, if you are not doing this for yourself, than you better not, by you taking a Shahada will not make you a muslim, you have to be a believer.....tell your GF to give you sometime, look and research and learn about Islam, at the end you might actually want to convert for yourself rather than just so you could marry her...

Plato, it is important that people convert to Islam because they believe rather than love, but its seems that your girlfriend isnt into Islam anyway and this is a technicality you both need to get through.
Its not up to us to judge why hes converting, i think its between him and god. Theres been many cases where people have converted for love and consequently have gone on to embrace Islam, and others havent. We dont know whats in peoples heart..

Plato, i suggest you go to some Islamic websites and research about procedures on how to convert for marriage by scholars, you will get an accurate answer there..Good luck..

islam is not a visa for any reason... its away of life you have to live with it.

convertion into Islam is as easy as abc...but thats comes from the heart out of belief..

Islam dont need quantity what counts is quality..its not just utteration its about practice and submission to will of Almighty Allah.

"Born optimist nothing can keep me too low for so long"

Nadt: Thanks for your kind words.
I don't mean to be desrespectfull towards any religion, and i agree it's more a technical problem that a true Islam issue, according to Islam law, my gf isn't truelly a muslim, but maybe i change afterwards.

"Qui sera sera
what ever will be will be
futur ain't ours to see ;)"

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

go to your nearest mosque and consult with the imam there, he will lead you through the procedures.

Poverty is not for the sake of hardship. No, it is there because nothing exists but God. Poverty unlocks the door -- what a blessed key!

- Jalaluddin al-Rumi

so back to your question... You first need a total conviction that "Theres no other God worthy of worship but ALLah Alone and that Muhammad is his Messenger" of course there must be blend of sincerity and knowledge.and thats only you can tell that, then get imam or muslims as witness. thats it!

"Born optimist nothing can keep me too low for so long"

Why do u have to convert?, if she can choose to have a boy friend the she has to have the tendency to accept him with his religion. If she was a real muslim, u wouldn't be with her. So conversion doesn't really matter my friend.

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One more thing, religion is not a game. Don't play with it, if u convert to islam just for the f* of it or to get married to your girl friend, then dont bother. U r not doing it for god, u r doing it for her.

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"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" - George Galloway.
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Eco-savvy, ur conception is 100% pure bullsh*t. I think you chose your religion not to follow the god, but to follow your girl friend or wife. May be thats how you worship in your world. That doesn't work in real world.

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"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" - George Galloway.
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I am muslim by birth and female

Sorry thought u were a guy. Well either way I am being wise and your explanation is unappropriated and misleading. U make it seem like Islam is a game.

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So would your parents have been accepting if you'd chosen not to follow Islam?

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I was not born muslim.

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well said KE....

me my self did not show any harsness i showed him the way..
and for you gypsy were you being baptised or what so ever? if not then you are still in the state of fitra or muslim...but oonly thing is that you did not yet accept islam...
"Born optimist nothing can keep me too low for so long"

not him, so am I harsh?

la la plz change the track am kinda getting sick of this daily religious issues you dumb heads :?

all you do have faith right so thats enough
 

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It's like going round in circles and up your own backside with these 'debates' lol

If you don't care about whatever your current religion is enough to keep it, than I highly doubt changing will have any impact on your life.

Lets say you were going to marry someone, but they would only do it if you said believed in UFOs. If you don't care about UFO belief enough to dump her over it, you probably didn't care much about it in the first place, therefore changing your opinion will have little effect on your life.

summing up: chicks trump religion every time.

[I]"If you're going to believe in crap than you might as well be living in it"[/I]

Everybody replying:

I am a monotheist, i do belive in God, even read that some scholars defend that a monotheist doesn't need to convert to Islam to marry a muslim girl because muslim also believe in God and Jesus, only difference is that they also consider Mohammed as a profet, the main thing is to belive in God/Allah.

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

jauntie its not ridiculous it is true...just ask your parents why did they baptisised you if you are a x'tian..
there answer suffice mine.

"Born optimist nothing can keep me too low for so long"

same story like me and my lovely hubby..nothing bad about muslim or christ..he converted too to marry me. I'm so brainwashed not to marry any other religion..so he converted before we get married.

It sounds more because of love..not because believing..tried open www.islamonline.com you can find all the answer there if you really want to learn abt it.

you'll be fine..believe me..hehehe

So, you wont ask her to change religion because you love her so much.. but she wants you to change your religion , Sounds like you are pussy struck my friend,, wake up and smell the roses….grow up as well and stop insulting the Muslim religion. Regards from a deep atheist and proud of it all...

I need some help because i don't know how to treat a muslim girl, anyone thinking i'm being weak is because they never loved someone as much as i do

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

Converting to Islam in a mariage or love issue isn't a faith, but Islam is submission, and submission is a way of life and responsibility. Absolutely accepting Islam is the most precious gift that one is received.
another thing is that guidance can't be obtained neither from science not mystical experience, so consult with your local Imams, i hope that your life should be a succesfull one, and you are fortunate one as well since all your sins will be washed away.

May Allah keep us with Islam.

Life is a school, people are students and the days are teachers.

A Muslim man can marry any woman of the "books" as Islam protects the rights of the woman, no matter the faith. Since this is not the case for Christianity or Judaism, Muslim women are only permitted to marry a Muslim man. Correct?

http://www.islamonli...

On divorce, all faiths allow it (save Catholicism)?

Basics of becoming a Muslim:

http://www.islamicit...

Platao36 - May you be blessed with a life of happiness with your new spouse.

Marriage and Conversion

Then again, some other people discover Islam through the course of their lives. Perhaps they go somewhere, meet someone, or come across a book. And still there are others who fall in love, marry a Muslim, and through the process of time discover Islam. All the possible ways of finding Islam are indications of the mercy of Allah and of how He guides those who wish to be guided.

http://www.islamonli...

Yesterday i was advised to check http://www.islamonli... and found out a very interesting line about my situation.

"Dear brother in Islam, thanks a lot for your question which reflects your care to have a clear view of the teachings of Islam. Allah commands Muslims to refer to people of knowledge to become well acquainted with the teachings of Islam in all aspects of life.

First of all, it should be clear that a Muslim should seek a righteous spouse for marriage. Religion and good character should be the top concern of every Muslim when looking for a spouse. This is compatible with the Prophet's guidance: "A woman is married for four things: her wealth, her family status, her beauty, and her religion. So you should marry the religious woman; (otherwise) you will be a loser" (Al-Bukhari)."

I wonder if by good character he means beautty?
If not, then by choosing a wife with good character i'm already pleasing God/Allah, or you guys think i'm wrong?

"Islam does not teach us that we marry only within our ethnic circle. Islam treats all of humanity as a single family. Allah says in the Qur'an: [O Mankind, We have created you from a single pair of a male and female and made you nations and tribes in order for you to recognize one another; verily the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the one who is most conscious of Him] (Al-Hujurat 49:13)."

Guess this confirms my sight as monotheist, God/Allah love all his children :)

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

The main reason i ask here is because i wanna hear the common muslim, not the scolars, ;)

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

platao just curious about your so called monotheistic belief, waht is that? not muslim, not x'tian nor jews? is their any new one now?

"Born optimist nothing can keep me too low for so long"

Monotheism is the religion of beliving only in God, as a perfect being that loves all his "Children", God is love, when you love you please God, all profets are considered as mere mortals that as any Human had contradictory thoughts, afterall, only God/Allah is perfect, there's no holly book in Monotheism, there's no convertion or reconvertion once that before any profet, there was already God and he a perfect being doesn't contradict himself, while, prophets as imperfect beings as any human
do mistakes and can even contradict themselfs, a good example are Mohamed and Moses, God said :

"You shall not kill", but both killed other humans just because of a matter of faith, what perfect father would ask an imperfect father to punish his children?

Not that both profets aren't truelly prophets but due to their human imperfect nature they may have missed that part that Jesus Christ later, in case of Moses, said about loving each other as he had loved, but even Jesus sounds contradictory according to the persons that wrote the 3 Holly Books.

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Hashimo:

In the pillars of Islam, 2 leave me some doubts.

2)To pray five times a day as taught by Muhammed
Are you sure that he meant prey and not talk to God?
God only knows that you belive him if you prey?

4)To fast the month of Ramadan
Why would a perfect being ask his followers such a sacrifice once that he knows all we think and do and the reasons why we do something.

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

That most of the people how are discussing this are not Muslims and even the Muslims are not so sure about what they r talking. So, let me explain some facts that are 100% correct:
1- There is difference between the Islamic rules and the social ones. Legalizing the marriage is a social requirement to organize the society but not an Islamic one.
2- Muslim women ARE NOT allowed to marry Non-Muslims men. This is Islamic mandatory rule and not only a legal or social one. So, even if the laws allow Muslims women to marry non-Muslims. This marriage is obsolete islamicaly and is considered adultery and not marriage. No need to mention that adultery is forbidden in Islam and in this particular case it deserves death sentence.
3- Mr. Platao, If you said "ash'hado enho la ellah alla allah wa anna Mohamed rasolo allah" = “I testify that no god except allah and Mohamed is his prophet”, then you are officially become Muslim. Legalizing that is not required by Islam it is required by the social laws only and just do it the usual way as per your country of residence.
4- If you took shahada as mentioned above. We as Muslims MUST treat you as normal Muslim. EVEN if we ARE 100% sure that you are doing this to get married only. You know why? Cuse we believe that Allah has his own ways and every thing happening in this universe by his OWN will. you did not choose to become Muslim by your own free will as you may think. Allah chose you to do so and what is in your heart is between you and him only.
5- Once you became Muslims you can not go back or convert to any other religion. If you did so you deserve death sentence.
6- I can sense from your words that you are some how a religious person. Iam sure when u study Islam well you will become a better Muslim. You will find answers for any doubts / questions you may ever have. I do believe you will guide your wife to be a good Muslims as well. I have seen this case happened before.
7- MY advice, even if you are not sure about it in ur heart yet, do not wait take the shahada, get married and try to be a good Muslim step by the step.
8- FOR ALL OF NON-Muslims, you have to know that unfortunately, there is a GREAT difference between the real Islamic religion and the MUSLIMS’s acts nowadays. DO NOT judge Islam b by the Muslims acts.
Thanks

EG: Thanks for your explanation, think it was one of the best i received :)

As i have been saying Good/Bad can be found anywhere, any religion, anyone that thinks the opposite is just trying to fool himself.

Ray99b: Yeaps, i agree with you, is more important what God sees that what we show to other mortals on our planet, it's usually said that you can lie everybody except yourself and God, by this i mean, God ain't ambiguous but people are.

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

EG I appreciate your answer just to remind you to say "Allah knows best" because you say 100% correct.

"Born optimist nothing can keep me too low for so long"

dont wait till you meet our lord...or if we givent the chance to meet? once there,theres no turning back. its either heaven or hell
continue to search untill u find the truth.the truth is here to find and practice, up above is the recompense.

"Born optimist nothing can keep me too low for so long"

Eco-savvy: Are you aware that i don't live on an islamic country?
Here who kills in name of religion is a murder as anyone that kills someone else, being a monotheist, having been blessed with the gift of being able to talk with the spirits of the dead, i may see the world with different eyes from those that follow books sayings literally, like i said and also read on a site, Allah sees all and he'll decide if i was that wrong, no one else has that right, by judging a man by what they imagine he is, replacing the beloved God/Allah as a judge is a sin, not to mention that God/Allah said, "you shall not kill".

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

Olaniran, i don't criticise them, please do note, if i don't convert my girlfriend will loose familly if she marries me and it wont be considered valid in Morrocco, and when i say i'll convert but wont be a religious person several muslim do exactly the same, just that i prefer to be honest and say i don't care about religion, there's something called freedom of choice and that can't be changed, it doesn't matter what you call it, will always be a crime.
It's already bad enough that a muslim girl can't marry a non muslim ( this is considered a form of racism ), now not respecting others freedom is unaceptable, you may kill the body but not the soul.
The replies i receive about how easy it is for a muslim to kill another human being are only showing me and i velive everybody else that Islam is not a love religion but based on fear and hate, then come complain that you are descriminated, someone tries to build bridges between cultures, religions and social life and the reply i got is you are not good enough or if u change opinion you get killed, and these guys call themselfs muslims? No, no one that takes a human life as easy can be considered a true muslim, because you are offending God/Allah with your actions, but people have been so brainwashed on those countries that they aren't anylonger aware of the real world, if you are truelly a muslim, than you cannot kill another human being, it is said pretty clear at Qur'am:

"Rest assured that Believers (Muslims), Jews, Christians and Sabians - whoever
believes in Allah and the Last Day and performs good deeds - will be rewarded by
their Lord; they will have nothing to fear or to regret.[62] 2:[62]"

Or it also may have opposite meanings?

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

Hashimo: Thanks for your words. I'm not muslim but i would never impose such a thing to my wife, i belive in freedom, if my wife decides a path, i'll be with her all the time, i'll convert because i love her and don't want her to have problems with her familly.

I also would like to add that i have several muslim friends and that they are as good, friends, as someone with any other religion, what matters is the people not the religion ;)

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ

I'm confuse!

Should I enter, or should I accept?

If I enter, it means, I could walk out.
if I accept, I can't enter, It means that you are already inside.

Too much tribalism in the enter or the accept issue.

"Don't make me write your name on my TURD List!"

EG: Thanks, but i'm one of those that doesn't blame all muslims by the actions of a few.

Red Pope: Yes, it's hard to do, mainly when you love someone like i do, i wanna please everybody and this issue sounds so confusing, i'm used to just care about the girl herself, later we worry about her family, now, a muslim girl is completelly different, she fears that someone of her family finds out about us.

Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي

I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ