Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

Is one excused by ignorance in matters of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) if the ruling has not reached him?

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you. Another question from one of the brothers, who has coded his name as Muhammad Salih from Tabuk. He asks: Is one excused by ignorance in matters of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) if the ruling has not reached him? In other words, in some of our villages, weakness in tawhid (the oneness of Allah) is widespread. What is the ruling on this for the general public, especially?

Answer:
Tawhid (the oneness of Allah), shirk (associating partners with Allah), zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), and riba (usury or interest) are among the clear matters. They are clear matters that a Muslim cannot be ignorant of, as he hears the Qur'an, hears the hadiths, and hears the sermons in the mosques, in the lessons, and in the media programs. Therefore, he is not excused.
Ignorance has ceased. One is only excused by ignorance in these matters if he is cut off from the scholars, and nothing reaches him, and he hears nothing. As for one who mixes with the scholars and hears the media, he has no excuse. The call has reached him, and Islam has reached him. The prohibition of shirk (associating partners with Allah) has reached him, and the apparent matters and the matters known from the religion by necessity have reached him. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7794- هل يعذر بالجهل في التوحيد من لم يبلغه الحكم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa