Does one who falls into shirk (associating partners with Allah) while ignorant fall under the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him)?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Does one who falls into shirk (associating partners with Allah) while ignorant fall under the saying of Allah the Exalted:

Answer:
If he is ignorant and no call reached him, and the call of the Messenger of the Messengers did not reach him, and he lives in a place cut off from the world, then his case is left to Allah. He is considered among the people of the period of ignorance (al-fatra), and his case is left to Allah. This is regarding the Hereafter. As for us, we treat him as we treat the polytheists in his funeral, in his inheritance, and in his dealings; we treat him as we treat the polytheists. But as for what is between him and Allah, we do not intervene in that.