The Ruling on Excusing Ignorance in Shirk (Associating Partners with Allah) According to Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Does the statement of Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), "And if we do not declare those who worshipped the idol to be disbelievers because of their ignorance and the absence of anyone to alert them," imply that the Imam excuses the ignorant person in matters of shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
Answer:
And he cursed a single scholar. The shirk did not reach him, and he cursed a single scholar. Yes. As for a person who is sitting and listening, who listens to the words of the scholars, listens to the hadiths on the radio, listens to the lectures, listens to the mosque circles, and listens to the sermons.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Does the statement of Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), "And if we do not declare those who worshipped the idol to be disbelievers because of their ignorance and the absence of anyone to alert them," imply that the Imam excuses the ignorant person in matters of shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
Answer:
And he cursed a single scholar. The shirk did not reach him, and he cursed a single scholar. Yes. As for a person who is sitting and listening, who listens to the words of the scholars, listens to the hadiths on the radio, listens to the lectures, listens to the mosque circles, and listens to the sermons.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 50 من 76/شرح فتح المجيد لشرح كتاب التوحيد/موت العلماء/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:45)
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