The ruling on one who is ignorant of the three matters and is from the general public

Question:
The questioner says: What is the ruling on one who has made these three matters easy for himself and does not know them, but he is from the general public, a monotheist who worships Allah and is dutiful to those whom Allah has placed under his care? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
His ruling is that he is negligent and deficient; it is obligatory for him to know them. Is it an excuse for him to say, "I am a layman"? People, until recently, would teach the congregations of the mosques these matters and make them memorize them, because they are very important. They did not leave this off except until recently. So it is a necessary matter that it is obligatory for the imams of the mosques to teach their congregations and make them memorize them. They are difficult. Even the illiterate, who do not read or write, used to memorize them and recite them in sequence, and one would be amazed at their memorization of them. This was the case until recently. Yes.