How to Muslim
This page gives you two routes. If you’re still looking into Islam, work through the questions in the order people usually ask them. If you’ve just become Muslim, start with wudu and salah, then build from there. Both roads meet at the shahada. Nothing here assumes you already know anything.
Start here
Some people land on this page still deciding. Some landed here Muslim for four days, holding a prayer mat, unsure what to do at 5am on a Tuesday. Both roads are below.
Road one
Most people arrive with one question, not eleven. Find yours, start there, and ignore the rest until you want them. The stops below run in the order they usually come up.
It is one sentence, said with belief, and it makes you Muslim. There is nothing to book and nobody whose permission you need. Plenty of people say it at a mosque with witnesses, which is a lovely thing to do, but that is not the part that counts.
How to take your shahadaAlready said it? Then keep going. Everything below this point is written for you.
Road two
Your first week does not need everything on this website. It needs wudu, salah, and somebody to tell you that feeling behind is normal and temporary. Work down the road in order. Nobody is timing you.
Who owes it, how it is worked out, and when. Most people new to Islam find they do not owe it yet, and that is worth knowing too.
The whole map
The two roads cover the beginning. This is the rest of it, grouped so you can find something without hunting through the menu.
Guides, history, and the people who came before you.
Sorted by when you would use them, not by collection.
His life, his household, and how he treated people.
Downloads, apps, support, and how to reach us.
Nothing on this page has a fixed order except wudu before salah. So pick the smallest thing. Download the New Muslim Guide and read the first few pages, or come and say salaam in a Discord community we recommend, so you are not doing this on your own.
Something out of date or a link gone dead? Tell us and we will fix it.
New to all of this? Start from the beginning.
Where to take this further.
Book a session and talk it through with someone knowledgeable on Islam.
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