I'm going to marry a Muslim man. My family's religion is Christian, but I learned about Islam I find a lot of truth in this religion. After marriage, should I change my religion (my heart says I should)? How can I become a good Muslim woman? What do I have to change?

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

Thanks to Allah that has opened your heart to Islam, the religion of truth, the only religion that Allah accepts.

Allah Says (what means): {Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam.} [Quran 3:19]

Allah also Says (what means): {And whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.} [Quran 3: 85]

Islam is the only religion that makes a balance between the needs of the body and those of the soul and that harmonizes the mind and the natural predispositions of the person. It is the only religion in which all information are facts and all Commandments are just and do not contradict. It joins the eloquent style, the true word, and the strong evidence.

So, we advise you to hasten and declare your Islam. You start by saying The Two Testimonies of Faith, which to bear witness that there is None worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger. You can do that in the closest Islamic center in your area. You should have Ghusl (ritual bath) and give up all rites of disbelief, such as wearing the cross, etc. Start performing the Islamic obligations: Salah (prayer), Sawm (fasting), etc. For immediate details about Islam, you can contact the Islamic center in your locality as they can provide you with the needed information and give you useful books in the field.

We ask Allah to guide us all to the right path and make Paradise our destination.

For more benefit on Islam, please refer to Fataawa (plural of Fatwa) 173389, 111063, 102075, 88906, 85456, 88051, 107210, and 86091.

Allah knows best.