Is the one who associates partners with Allah excused if he does not know Arabic?
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Question:
This questioner says: Is the one who associates partners with Allah excused for ignorance if he does not know the Arabic language but listens to the Qur'an?
Answer:
Listen to the Qur'an, and in it is the command: "Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him"[Al-Ma'idah 5:72]. It is the Qur'an that has reached him regarding shirk (associating partners with Allah). Shirk with Allah is calling upon other than Allah, slaughtering for other than Allah, and other types of worship. Therefore, one who has been reached by the Qur'an is not excused for ignorance, for he is not excused due to the saying of the Exalted: [Al-An'am 6:19]. And if he understands some of the meanings of the Qur'an, why did he not ask? He is the one who fell short. Why did he not ask? [An-Nahl 16:43] So he should not say, "I am ignorant, and I am not responsible, and I am not held accountable." No. Yes.
This questioner says: Is the one who associates partners with Allah excused for ignorance if he does not know the Arabic language but listens to the Qur'an?
Answer:
Listen to the Qur'an, and in it is the command: "Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him"
Indeed, he who associates others with Allah - Allah has forbidden him Paradise
إِنَّهُ مَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَAnd this Qur'an was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches.
وَأُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنُ لِأُنذِرَكُم بِهِ وَمَن بَلَغَSo ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يعذر المشرك الذي لا يعرف العربية؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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