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New Muslim portal
Your first thirty days, one step at a time. No prior knowledge assumed, and no expectation that you learn everything at once.
Start here
Welcome. Take this slowly.
The Prophet ﷺ advised moderation in worship and warned against excess. If you have just accepted Islam, the goal of your first month is not to know everything — it is to establish a small, stable practice and to meet two or three Muslims near you.
Three things matter most in the first thirty days: learning to pray, learning Al-Fatihah and a few short surahs, and finding a community.
Support
You do not have to do this alone
Every Sunday at 20:00 a new Muslim support circle meets live. It is a closed, private room — no cameras required, no question too basic, and nobody has to introduce themselves.
- ·A trained volunteer assigned to you if you want one
- ·A private channel for questions you would rather not ask publicly
- ·Guidance on telling your family, when you decide to
Your first thirty days
One step each day
Each day unlocks a short lesson and one practice. Do not skip ahead — the sequence is deliberate.
Shahadah and what it means
Learn the words you have accepted, and what they commit you to in plain language.
Wudu — preparing to stand before Allah
The step-by-step purification and what invalidates it.
Salah — your first prayer
One prayer, one time, performed correctly, beats five performed hurriedly.
Al-Fatihah, line by line
Arabic, transliteration and meaning, practised aloud each day.
Who is Allah?
Tawhid explained without technical vocabulary.
The five pillars
The structure of Muslim life set out plainly.
Three short surahs for prayer
Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas with meanings.
The prayer timetable
Reading a timetable and planning around the five prayers.
Cleanliness and daily habits
Purification, food and everyday points.
Jumu'ah — the Friday prayer
What it is, what to expect, how to arrive.
The pillars of faith
Angels, books, messengers, the decree, the last day.
Du'a — how to ask
Simple daily supplications with references.
The Qur'an as a daily habit
A realistic starting plan.
Ramadan, understood in advance
Fasting and the shape of the month.
Zakat and generosity
What it is and why it matters.
Manners with family and neighbours
The Prophetic etiquette that shows first.
Finding your community
How to locate a mosque and a teacher.
Handling questions and criticism
Staying grounded when challenged.
Sins, repentance and not despairing
Tawbah explained gently.
The Prophet ﷺ — a first introduction
His character, in his own community's words.
The last day and accountability
The frame that gives daily life weight.
The heart and its diseases
Envy, arrogance, hopelessness and their remedies.
Halal and haram in food
The practical rules, without excess.
Dealing with family who do not share your faith
Kindness, patience and boundaries.
Dress and modesty
The rulings and their reasoning.
Charity in daily life
Sadaqah beyond money.
Learning to recite well
Tajweed's first rules and where to go next.
Building a home of worship
Making salah and Qur'an normal at home.
Your first month reviewed
What to keep, what to change.
Where you go from here
Choosing a teacher, a course and a community for year one.
Converting can strain family relationships, work and friendships. AQLC volunteers are not counsellors, but they can put you in touch with people who understand your situation. If you are in danger, contact local emergency services first.