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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the one who falls into the nullifiers excused due to ignorance?

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Question:
Is the one who falls into one of these nullifiers excused due to ignorance?

Answer:
Ignorance differs. If the ignorant person is unable to learn, he is excused until he finds someone to teach him, such as one who lives isolated from the lands of the Muslims, with no one there to teach him, and he is in a land isolated from the lands of the Muslims where there are only disbelievers, only disbelievers. This person is excused due to ignorance.
As for the one who lives among the Muslims, in the lands of the Muslims, and hears the Qur'an, hears the hadiths, and hears the words of the scholars, he is not excused due to ignorance, because the proof has reached him, the proof has reached him, but he did not care about it. He may even say, "This is the religion of the Wahhabis," or "This is not the religion of the people of Najd," or "It is not the religion of so-and-so or so-and-so," as they say now about tawhid (the oneness of Allah). They call tawhid the religion of Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, even though it is the religion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab did not bring anything; rather, he called to the religion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So they attributed the religion to him, saying, "This is the religion of the Wahhabis," or "This is the religion of Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab." Or they say, "This is the religion of the Khawarij," calling the monotheists Khawarij, saying such things. Are these people excused due to ignorance? These are stubborn people; they are not excused due to ignorance. They are not ignorant.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 22من279/هل يعذر من وقع بالنواقض بالجهل/أسئلة شرح نواقض الآسلام/صالح الفوزان/كبار العلماء/عقيدة — youtube.com

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