What is the ruling on one who commits major shirk (associating partners with Allah) while ignorant?

Question:
The questioner says: Is there a disagreement among the people of the Sunnah regarding the ruling on one who commits major shirk while being ignorant?

Answer:
Who said this? Who said this? If the one who associates partners with Allah is excused because nothing reached him—neither the Qur'an, nor the Sunnah, nor the call of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)—then he is considered one of the people of the period of ignorance (al-fatra). His case is left to Allah. We do not say he is excused; we say his case is left to Allah. He is among the people of the period of ignorance to whom nothing reached. On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will take charge of them.
Yes. As for a person to whom the call has reached, and the call has reached him now, it penetrates the horizons through the media that reach the east and the west. The adhan (call to prayer) now echoes throughout the world: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." What does this mean? The meaning is clear: it has reached the world, the east and the west, five times a day. Yes.
And with this, the media spread the words of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), spread the call to Allah, spread the lessons, and spread this. This is a wisdom from Allah so that people will not say on the Day of Resurrection, "Nothing reached us, we did not know." Yes. Yes.