What are the rulings regarding the excuse of the ignorant person for his shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
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Question:
He says: You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that there are those who say that whoever does not excuse the ignorant person in his major shirk (associating partners with Allah) is a takfirist (one who declares others disbelievers). And there are those who launch a campaign against those who do not excuse the polytheists for their ignorance in this time. So what is your advice and guidance regarding that?
Answer:
The one who does not excuse the polytheists means that he does not denounce shirk (associating partners with Allah) and does not denounce what is wrong. So he is like them; he becomes like them. The one who does not declare the disbeliever to be a disbeliever is himself a disbeliever. This is one of the nullifiers of Islam, as mentioned in the Ten Nullifiers cited by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab: the one who does not declare the disbeliever to be a disbeliever. Yes.
He says: You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that there are those who say that whoever does not excuse the ignorant person in his major shirk (associating partners with Allah) is a takfirist (one who declares others disbelievers). And there are those who launch a campaign against those who do not excuse the polytheists for their ignorance in this time. So what is your advice and guidance regarding that?
Answer:
The one who does not excuse the polytheists means that he does not denounce shirk (associating partners with Allah) and does not denounce what is wrong. So he is like them; he becomes like them. The one who does not declare the disbeliever to be a disbeliever is himself a disbeliever. This is one of the nullifiers of Islam, as mentioned in the Ten Nullifiers cited by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab: the one who does not declare the disbeliever to be a disbeliever. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما أحكام عذر الجاهل بشركه؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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