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Now if you have faith in Allah and have faith that the prophet Muhammed came with the truth then do a mending work, you do not need to stand before people and testify, your faith is between Allah and you. No need to be a groupie and get smiles from people who think their number is what counts.

"whoever has faith in Allah and the last day and works a mending work, then no fear is upon them nor do they grief"

Do not let the words of men on what you should do or what you are confuse you to the point that you come here asking forgiveness. Allah encompasses everything in His Mercy and Wisdom so do not be of the ignorant.

You will wonder who His enemies are many times but remember never act unless you can not do anything other but act, have patience and do not take the words of men over the words of Allah, wether that person is Arab or chinese, His words are in the arabic quran and His words are the truth, so seek guidance from Him and May your words "i seek forgiveness, I am terrible" come back to you in the future when you stand before His enemies by His power and with a smile of gratefulness for He has guided you.

Shahadah is to testify that there is no god except Allah and Muhammed is the sent one of Allah.

I guess people feel the need for this to happen infront of a group, but i do not see the need for this unless at time of war over the faith, as in the unfaithful waging war against the faithful for their faith and someone turns to islam to make it known to the muslimeen so that they know he is not an enemy.

Bismillah,

I know some very pious Muslims who pray in English.  One sister made sure her children were taught the prayers in Arabic when someone could teach them, but she never learned because it seems too dificult for her mind to get ahold on.

So, Muslims do pray in another language than Arabic, and God, Allah, SWT, understands them.  You could put a board with the steps to prayer in front of you until you learn them, with the words written in trasliterative English (I mean English letters and Arabic words)if you don't know Arabic letters.