Are those who worship graves excused due to ignorance?
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The questioner:
This questioner asks: Is the one who worships a grave excused due to ignorance if his ignorance is confirmed, such as if he is a non-Arab?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Is the one who worships a grave excused due to ignorance if his ignorance is confirmed, such as if he is a non-Arab who does not read the Qur'an?
The Shaykh:
The Qur'an is heard, and translations of its meanings are now distributed in large quantities. So, one is not excused today by ignorance, because the means of media have expanded and reached the East and the West, and the issues of communication, which they call social media, as well. The means of spreading the call to Islam and the oneness of Allah (tawhid) have spread, so no one has an excuse left.
Yes, except for the dead one in his grave; that is finished. But a living person who coexists with what has happened now regarding the media that reached the East and the West—the Qur'an, my brother, is heard from the East to the West—this is the proof of Allah that has now been established against the servants.
Allah has established the proof against the servants; no one has an excuse today except one who lives in a disconnected world, who hears nothing, and to whom no media reaches and nothing is conveyed.
In remote, unknown places; that is the one who is excused by ignorance. Yes. And this is not present now. Now, the issues of broadcasting have reached the East and the West, and have entered the remote places and every location, the tops of the mountains, and every place. This is the proof of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
This questioner asks: Is the one who worships a grave excused due to ignorance if his ignorance is confirmed, such as if he is a non-Arab?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Is the one who worships a grave excused due to ignorance if his ignorance is confirmed, such as if he is a non-Arab who does not read the Qur'an?
The Shaykh:
The Qur'an is heard, and translations of its meanings are now distributed in large quantities. So, one is not excused today by ignorance, because the means of media have expanded and reached the East and the West, and the issues of communication, which they call social media, as well. The means of spreading the call to Islam and the oneness of Allah (tawhid) have spread, so no one has an excuse left.
Yes, except for the dead one in his grave; that is finished. But a living person who coexists with what has happened now regarding the media that reached the East and the West—the Qur'an, my brother, is heard from the East to the West—this is the proof of Allah that has now been established against the servants.
Allah has established the proof against the servants; no one has an excuse today except one who lives in a disconnected world, who hears nothing, and to whom no media reaches and nothing is conveyed.
In remote, unknown places; that is the one who is excused by ignorance. Yes. And this is not present now. Now, the issues of broadcasting have reached the East and the West, and have entered the remote places and every location, the tops of the mountains, and every place. This is the proof of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يعذر عبدة القبور بالجهل؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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