The excuse of ignorance for one who falls into shirk (associating partners with Allah) among Muslims
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Question:
The questioner says: What about one who commits shirk by slaughtering for other than Allah, or supplicating to other than Allah, or otherwise, and he is in a Muslim land where he hears the Qur'an and the hadith? Is such a person excused by ignorance, or is he ruled to be a disbeliever by his deed or his action?
Answer:
The one who lives among the Muslims and hears the Qur'an and hears the hadiths, the proof has been established against him. This is the one against whom the proof has been established, so he is not excused by ignorance. He is judged by what appears from him in action and speech; we judge him by his words and his deeds, because the proof has been established against him by his presence among the Muslims, his hearing of the Qur'an, his hearing of the hadiths, and the words of the scholars. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: What about one who commits shirk by slaughtering for other than Allah, or supplicating to other than Allah, or otherwise, and he is in a Muslim land where he hears the Qur'an and the hadith? Is such a person excused by ignorance, or is he ruled to be a disbeliever by his deed or his action?
Answer:
The one who lives among the Muslims and hears the Qur'an and hears the hadiths, the proof has been established against him. This is the one against whom the proof has been established, so he is not excused by ignorance. He is judged by what appears from him in action and speech; we judge him by his words and his deeds, because the proof has been established against him by his presence among the Muslims, his hearing of the Qur'an, his hearing of the hadiths, and the words of the scholars. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 31/10 شرح كتاب التوحيد / الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (42:25)
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