The excuse of ignorance and dealing with the Rafidah
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Question:
The questioner says: The excuse of ignorance, how is the issue of the excuse of ignorance dealt with? And how is it dealt with regarding some of the Rafidah who work among us in some government departments?
Answer:
One is not excused for ignorance except the one to whom it did not reach, the one to whom knowledge did not reach, the one to whom the call of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not reach. That is, he lived in a remote part of the world where it did not reach him, he did not hear the Qur'an, he did not hear of the mission of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not hear anything of the hadiths of the Messenger. This person is excused for ignorance until he is able to reach it and it reaches him, until the Qur'an reaches him and the mission of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) reaches him. At that point, if he does not know, when the Qur'an reaches him, Allah the Exalted said:[Al-An'am 6:19] This is the one who is excused for ignorance, because he is unable to remove this ignorance from himself; there is no one with him, and neither the Qur'an nor the Sunnah has reached him, and there is no one with him to call him and explain it to him, so he is excused. But a person who lives with the Muslims, among the scholars, hears the Qur'an, hears the hadiths, hears the words of the people of knowledge, and remains in his misguidance and his shirk (associating partners with Allah), and says, "I am excused for ignorance," this person is not excused. Or if someone among the people says, "This person is ignorant and is excused," this is not correct. This person has been reached by the Qur'an, he has been reached by the Sunnah, so why did he not ask? Why did he not accept the call to Allah the Mighty and Majestic? Why did he not leave shirk, when the scholars say this is shirk and this is kufr (disbelief), and he does not leave it, remaining in it while he hears this? He is not excused for ignorance. Or a person who is able to learn, has someone who can teach him, and has someone who can explain it to him, but he did not seek this, did not seek learning, and did not learn, and remained in his ignorance despite his ability to learn. This person is not excused for ignorance. Yes.
The questioner says: The excuse of ignorance, how is the issue of the excuse of ignorance dealt with? And how is it dealt with regarding some of the Rafidah who work among us in some government departments?
Answer:
One is not excused for ignorance except the one to whom it did not reach, the one to whom knowledge did not reach, the one to whom the call of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not reach. That is, he lived in a remote part of the world where it did not reach him, he did not hear the Qur'an, he did not hear of the mission of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not hear anything of the hadiths of the Messenger. This person is excused for ignorance until he is able to reach it and it reaches him, until the Qur'an reaches him and the mission of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) reaches him. At that point, if he does not know, when the Qur'an reaches him, Allah the Exalted said:
And this Qur'an was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches.
وَأُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنُ لِأُنذِرَكُم بِهِ وَمَن بَلَغَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-007-أصول اعتقاد أهل السنة والجماعة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:21:00)
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