The claim of excuse through ignorance and the accusation of being a Murji'i
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Question:
He asks: Is one who adopts the view of excuse through ignorance from scholars and students of knowledge considered a Murji'i?
Answer:
We told you that excuse through ignorance is limited to what is within the capacity of every person. Ignorance that can be removed is not an excuse if it can be removed and the person did not seek to remove it; in that case, he is not excused. As for ignorance that cannot be removed—where he has not heard anything, nothing has reached him, and he lives isolated from the people of knowledge—he is excused, or rather, his case is left to Allah. We do not say he is excused; we say his case is left to Allah. Yes.
He asks: Is one who adopts the view of excuse through ignorance from scholars and students of knowledge considered a Murji'i?
Answer:
We told you that excuse through ignorance is limited to what is within the capacity of every person. Ignorance that can be removed is not an excuse if it can be removed and the person did not seek to remove it; in that case, he is not excused. As for ignorance that cannot be removed—where he has not heard anything, nothing has reached him, and he lives isolated from the people of knowledge—he is excused, or rather, his case is left to Allah. We do not say he is excused; we say his case is left to Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-60-أسباب محبة الله للعبد|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:13:00)
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