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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on the people of the interval, and is the one ignorant of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) excused in our time?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the one ignorant of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) excused in our time? And what is the ruling regarding the people of the interval?

Answer:
The people of the interval, their affair is left to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). As for after the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), no one is excused for ignorance except the one who is cut off from the scholars, the one who is isolated and to whom nothing reaches; this person is excused. But as for the one to whom news reaches, and as you see now, communications, radio, and broadcasting reach every place on earth. There is no place on earth that does not have something to hear, and the scholars are spread out. You will not find a country on earth that does not have Muslims in it now. Is there a country that has no Muslims, a purely disbeliever country? I do not think so. The Muslims are spread throughout the earth, and praise be to Allah. So no excuse remains for anyone. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2809- 4717] ما حكم أصحاب الفترة، وهل يعذر الجاهل بالتوحيد في زماننا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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