Is the ignorant person excused in matters of belief?

Question:
May Allah reward you, and may He bless the Shaykh and grant you success. This questioner says: Is a person excused for ignorance in matters of belief? May we be rewarded?

Answer:
May Allah remove ignorance through knowledge, and all praise is due to Allah. Allah sent His Messenger and sent down His Book, so the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) was removed, and knowledge spread and was made easy, all praise is due to Allah. Therefore, no one has an excuse to remain in ignorance when he is able to learn and ask; he has no excuse in that; he is the one who is negligent.
As for the one who is in a remote place on earth and is unable to [learn] and has not heard anything and has no one to ask, then he is excused. This is one of the people of the interval (al-fatra) and this is one to whom the message did not reach in a disconnected manner.
As for the one to whom the message reached and who heard the Qur'an, in which Allah the Exalted and Majestic said , he has no excuse; he is the one who is negligent.