In the time of the Ghuraba and fasad of the Deen, people are far way from the Wahie and the Sunnah. Every body will follow the majority and leave the Qur'an and Sunnah, few people will hold strong to the Deen.

The Messenger Muhammad (saw) said “Islam start as something strange will return back as something strange, paradise is for the strangers”. The Ghuraba (strangers) are those who reject to be from amongst the deviants.

Quba (shajarah) is a tree in paradise that’s width is like the heavens and the earth. That tree is for the believers.

The following are examples taken from the time of the prophet Muhammad s.a.w.

NOTE: In Islamic 'Aqeedah, we have a principle which states:

‘WE CONSIDER THE APPARENT ON THE MATTER OF IMAAN AND KUFR’

Evidence 1

Muslim Vol 2 p107, Nawawi Usama Ibn Zaid: was sent on an expedition by the Messenger Muhammad (saw). He said: ‘One of the Mushrikeen said laa ilaaha illalah and I killed him but I felt bad and I told the Messenger Muhammad’ The Messenger Muhammad (saw) said: ‘Did you kill him after he said laa ilaaha illalah?’ Usamah said 'Yes, but he only said it because he feared from my weapon.' Muhammad s.a.w. said ‘Did you check his heart?’ He kept repeating it until I felt that I wished I became Muslim on that day and not before.

In another narration it is reported: the Messenger Muhammad (saw) said ‘What will you do if he comes to you on the day of judgement with his Kalima’ and whenever I asked the Messenger Muhammad (saw) to ask forgiveness he repeated the same statement to me’

Hence the Messenger Muhammad (saw) eventually said to him: ‘Go and replace the la illaaha illalah with a kaafir’ [this was encouragement from the Prophet Muhammad (saw) to him] hence he always said ‘Do not delay the army of Usaama’ on his death bed because it was the expedition of his life.

Usama Ibn Zaid was dispraised strongly and made Inkaar on him powerfully because he judged by the inner and not outer.

The Arabic word ‘taghout’ is used numerous times in the Quran. It has been defined in the The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic(1976) as, “an idol, a false god; seducer, tempter (to error).” Muhsin Khan has defined the term as, “anything worshipped other than the Real God (Allah), i.e. all the false idols.” And he includes, “saints, graves, RULERS AND LEADERS WHO ARE FALSELY WORSHIPPED OR WRONGLY FOLLOWED [and] A FALSE JUDGE WHO GIVES FALSE JUDGEMENT.” And so where Allah (SWT) mentions the ‘taghout’ in the Quran, He is speaking of more than the idols that were worshipped by the Pagans and Polytheists in Makkah. He(SWT) was addressing the systems and the establishment , the Laws and Orders, the Customs and the Traditions and the social-infrastructure( Way Of Life) at that time and was associating those that do not work against the establishment of false systems AS HYPOCRITES AND DISBELIEVERS (blind, deaf, dumb, etc.). And so it is clear, IF ONE REFERS TO ISLAM HE/SHE IS DOING IBADAH (submission, obedience, following and worshipping) TO ALLAH(SWT) AND IF HE/SHE REFERS TO ANYTHING AT ALL OTHER THAN ISLAM HE/SHE IS DOING IBADAH(submission, obedience, following and worshipping) TAGHOUT.

Verily Tawheed is the first obligation that all the Messengers called to which formed the foundation of their call and their invitation to the people. Allah (swt) says: ‘We sent to every Ummah a messenger to command the people to submit to Allah exclusively and to reject Taghoot’. [EMQ 16:36]. Tawheed is the greatest Haq of Almighty Allah (swt) over his servant. It has been reported in Bukhari and Muslim, in a hadith narrated by Muadth Ibn Jabal (ra), that the Messenger Muhammad (saw) said: ‘The right of Allah over his servant is to submit to him exclusively and not to associate anything with him’. Whoever establishes the Tawheed enters Jannah and whoever negates the Tawheed they are from the people of hellfire. Establishing Tawheed is the path to happiness in this life and in the hereafter, whereas violating the Tawheed is the path of the miserable that will be doomed in this life and in the hereafter. Verily Tawheed is the only way for the unity of the Muslim Ummah and the Muslim world, for failure to establish the Tawheed amongst Muslims will be the cause of their failure, divisions and sectarian disputes.

There has never been in the history of mankind a greater or more controversial statement as the Kalimah: “LAA ILAAHA ILL-ALLAH” (there is no one worthy of worship except Allah). These divinely revealed words divided the world into two camps: the camp of falsehood and the camp of truth. The callers of Tawheed throughout history had to endure severe testing and persecution because of the Kalimah. Moreover, they were the most vilified amongst their people:

“Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: ‘We believe’, and will not be tested. And We indeed tested those who were before them. And Allah will certainly make (it) known (the truth of) those who are true, and will certainly make (it) known (the falsehood of) those who are liars.” [EMQ 29:2-3]

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said in a famous hadeeth narrated by 'Imraan bin Husayn (RA):

إن خيركم قرني ثم الذين يلونهم ثم الذين يلونهم ثم الذين يلونهم

"Verily the best among you (to follow) is my generation (the Messenger Muhammad (SAW) and his Companions (RA)), then those who follow, and then those who follow them…" (Saheeh Muslim, Book: the Virtues of the Sahaabah, chapter 52 hadeeth #2535)

Tawheed is the mother of all obligations. Without it, you cannot be a Muslim and all of your good deeds are fruitless. It is vital for one to understand the pillars and conditions of tawheed in order to ensure that he/she is a real Muslim. Failure to fulfil any condition or pillar of tawheed will nullify a person’s Eemaan and Islam, and hence will either be a mushrik or murtad (apostate). The conditions of tawheed are as follows:

After years of study abroad a young man returned with three questions which could not be answered by any person he had met. In order to help him solve this problem his parents found a local scholar to answer these questions. The dialogue was as follows: