Is the Muslim who commits shirk (associating partners with Allah) while ignorant of it excused?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This person asks: Is the Muslim who commits shirk (associating partners with Allah) while not knowing that it is shirk, and is ignorant of it, excused?
Answer:
If he has no one to teach him, and he hears nothing about shirk (associating partners with Allah), and nothing has reached him about it, then he is excused due to ignorance. But if he hears the Qur'an, hears the hadiths, hears the preachers, hears the lectures that forbid shirk (associating partners with Allah), and reads in the books, then he is not excused. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This person asks: Is the Muslim who commits shirk (associating partners with Allah) while not knowing that it is shirk, and is ignorant of it, excused?
Answer:
If he has no one to teach him, and he hears nothing about shirk (associating partners with Allah), and nothing has reached him about it, then he is excused due to ignorance. But if he hears the Qur'an, hears the hadiths, hears the preachers, hears the lectures that forbid shirk (associating partners with Allah), and reads in the books, then he is not excused. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يُعذر المسلم الذي يعمل الشرك وهو جاهل بذلك؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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