What the New Muslim Should Learn First
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this is one of the Indonesian sisters. She says: I am a new Muslim, so what is it that I must learn at the beginning?
Answer:
You are required to learn the matters of your religion. You learn the creed, the meaning of the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. You learn the rulings of prayer, the rulings of zakah, the rulings of fasting, and the rulings of Hajj. These are the five pillars of Islam; you learn them so that you establish them in the correct manner. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Honorable Shaykh, this is one of the Indonesian sisters. She says: I am a new Muslim, so what is it that I must learn at the beginning?
Answer:
You are required to learn the matters of your religion. You learn the creed, the meaning of the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. You learn the rulings of prayer, the rulings of zakah, the rulings of fasting, and the rulings of Hajj. These are the five pillars of Islam; you learn them so that you establish them in the correct manner. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (085) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-04-01] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (34:29)
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