One who falls into shirk (associating partners with Allah) while ignorant: is he held accountable for his ignorance?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is a question that also came in via the internet, and it says: One who falls into shirk while ignorant, is he held accountable for his ignorance?
Answer:
If the Qur'an reached him and the proof reached him, he is not excused for his ignorance and he is held accountable. The warner came to him and the proof reached him, but he did not care about it and did not pay attention to it. This person is not excused. If the proof reached him, he is not excused. But if the proof did not reach him, and he did not hear the Qur'an, and he grew up in a remote, isolated place where neither the Qur'an nor the call to Islam reached him, then he is excused, and his ruling is the ruling of the people of the period of ignorance (al-fatra). Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is a question that also came in via the internet, and it says: One who falls into shirk while ignorant, is he held accountable for his ignorance?
Answer:
If the Qur'an reached him and the proof reached him, he is not excused for his ignorance and he is held accountable. The warner came to him and the proof reached him, but he did not care about it and did not pay attention to it. This person is not excused. If the proof reached him, he is not excused. But if the proof did not reach him, and he did not hear the Qur'an, and he grew up in a remote, isolated place where neither the Qur'an nor the call to Islam reached him, then he is excused, and his ruling is the ruling of the people of the period of ignorance (al-fatra). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من وقع في الشرك وهو جاهل، فهل يُحاسب على جهله؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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