The Welcome Desk

New Muslim guide — you just became Muslim. Now what?

An ordered path for the first ninety days, and the organisations with actual staff who will help you — not two hundred links and a wish of good luck.

Start here, in this order

1. How To Muslim

The practical first years in plain English — how to pray, how to fast, what to do when you slip.

Learn → 2. Free material & planners

Printable planners, trackers and guides to download — the things that turn intention into a routine. How To Muslim.

Download → 🎓3. New Muslim Academy

Free structured classes built for converts, with mentors attached.

Enrol → 📚4. Then go deeper

When the basics are steady, the Study Hall has the free curricula worth your time.

Study Hall →

People who will actually help

🤝Convert Care

UK registered charity (no. 1187573) — mentorship, counselling, shahada certification and social events, searchable by postcode.

Get support → 🏡Ta'leef Collective

US — a physical place to belong, built specifically for converts and those returning to Islam.

Visit → ☎WhyIslam

A staffed helpline (877-WHY-ISLAM) for questions you would rather ask a human than a search box.

Call or chat → 🤍If you're struggling

Isolation after conversion is common and it is not a sign of weak faith. The Quiet Room has real support.

The Quiet Room →

The first things you will actually need to do

How to pray, step by step

Positions, words and what to do when you lose count — from our sister project How To Muslim. One practical method; the schools differ on small details.

Learn → How to make wudu

The washing before prayer, in order, and what breaks it. How To Muslim.

Learn → The words everyone assumes you know

Wudu, ghusl, fard, sunnah, witr — a plain glossary so nothing in a khutbah passes you by.

Open glossary → Start Here

How To Muslim’s own ordered starting point, if you would rather follow their path than ours.

Start →

Two things worth knowing early. First: family occasions — Christmas at your parents', a non-Muslim relative's funeral — are genuinely disputed among scholars, and within the same madhhab. Anyone who tells you there is one obvious answer is flattening a real disagreement. Ask a teacher who knows your situation, and see the Answer Desk for where to ask. Second: you will meet the claim that "70% of converts leave Islam". It traces to one chaplain's anecdotal estimate, not to research — Pew's actual finding is that in the US, Islam gains about as many converts as it loses. Do not let a made-up number tell you the odds are against you.

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