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The Procedures of Embracing Islam
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It Suffices man to be a believer in the sight of Allah if he believes in Him alone other heavenly revealed religions. He then is entitled to perform all religious duties.
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To be treated as a Muslim in this world - as in marriage, social relations, inheritance, funeral ceremonies and others - one has to declare his faith when he pronounces the Muslim. He is considered a Muslim when he testifies that << There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is Allah s Messenger>>. This is enough for a man to be treated as a Muslim, and Allah knows his secret mind.
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To secure all his own and his family rights as well as other rights, one has to register this testifiication before concerned authorities after his declaration and testification.
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If the new Muslim is a man married to a wife from the people of the book (Jews and Christians), his wife remains with him and she is not forced to join Islam, for it is lawful for a Muslim to take a Jew or a Christian wife. But if the wife is not a Jew or a Christian, she is called upon to join Islam willingly. If she accepts to be a Muslim, she remains as his wife, and he has the right to keep or divorce her. But if she does not accept to be a Muslim, their marriage is illegal and they should be separated.
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When a woman embraces Islam, if she is married to a non-Muslim, Islam separates them. If he adopts Islam within a certain period after separation, she can return to him. If he does not embrace Islam, they must be separated. She then, is not allowed to remarry another before a certain period, i.e., after three menstruation periods, or after giving birth to a baby, or after three full months if she does not menstruate.
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Children under age and unborn babies follow their Muslim father/mother. There is no inheritance between a Muslim and a non-Muslim.
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Whoever embraces Islam - Willingly - should not renegade from it. If he becomes a renegade, he is called upon to repent and return to Islam. If he does not return he is to be punished, for religion is not a means of playfulness.
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There are other instructions and guidelines to be follow when someone needs to adopt Islam or to know more about it.
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