What is the ruling on the statement that the excuse of ignorance is general in every case of disbelief?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I found a book sold in the bookstores, and he named it, he says: and its author has established in it
The Shaykh:
What is its name?
The questioner:
Al-Ilmam fi Sharh Nawaqid al-Islam. And its author has established in it that the excuse of ignorance is general in every case of disbelief, and that the mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) who worships other than Allah, if he is one who claims affiliation with Islam and pronounces the testimony
The Shaykh:
This is the position of the Murji'ah. We have read it and we realized that it is a book of the Murji'ah, and it contradicts the nullifiers of Islam mentioned by the Shaykh al-Islam. And in his claim, he explains it while he is refuting the Shaykh, refuting the Shaykh. This book must be confiscated and one should not be deceived by it. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I found a book sold in the bookstores, and he named it, he says: and its author has established in it
The Shaykh:
What is its name?
The questioner:
Al-Ilmam fi Sharh Nawaqid al-Islam. And its author has established in it that the excuse of ignorance is general in every case of disbelief, and that the mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) who worships other than Allah, if he is one who claims affiliation with Islam and pronounces the testimony
The Shaykh:
This is the position of the Murji'ah. We have read it and we realized that it is a book of the Murji'ah, and it contradicts the nullifiers of Islam mentioned by the Shaykh al-Islam. And in his claim, he explains it while he is refuting the Shaykh, refuting the Shaykh. This book must be confiscated and one should not be deceived by it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم القول بأن العذر بالجهل عام في كل مكفر؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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