The Difference Between Ignorance and Misguidance
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a difference between ignorance and misguidance?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Is there a difference between
The Shaykh:
the one who does not know the truth? This is ignorance. As for misguidance, it is the one who knows the truth and abandons it, or worships Allah without knowledge, such as the Christians and the Sufis, who disdain knowledge. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a difference between ignorance and misguidance?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Is there a difference between
The Shaykh:
the one who does not know the truth? This is ignorance. As for misguidance, it is the one who knows the truth and abandons it, or worships Allah without knowledge, such as the Christians and the Sufis, who disdain knowledge. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 18/15 الدر النضيد في إخلاص كلمة التوحيد / صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:04:54)
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