The excuse of ignorance in major shirk
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The questioner:
He says: Our Shaykh, is the excuse of ignorance in major shirk (associating partners with Allah) a matter of scholarly disagreement, or is there a reported consensus on it?
The Shaykh:
We do not excuse ignorance after the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner:
We seek help from Allah.
The Shaykh:
The one who is in the state of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), and the Qur'an has reached him, the argument is established against him. By His saying, the Exalted:[Al-An'am 6:19] So if the Qur'an has reached him and he is an Arab, meaning the argument is established against them. Until when is ignorance an excuse? Did people become equal in this? The excuse of ignorance is only for obscure matters, obscure matters that are debated by scholars and explained. As for apparent matters, such as shirk (associating partners with Allah) and kufr (disbelief), these are apparent things, and the Qur'an is explicit in them, and the Sunnah is explicit in them.
He says: Our Shaykh, is the excuse of ignorance in major shirk (associating partners with Allah) a matter of scholarly disagreement, or is there a reported consensus on it?
The Shaykh:
We do not excuse ignorance after the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner:
We seek help from Allah.
The Shaykh:
The one who is in the state of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), and the Qur'an has reached him, the argument is established against him. By His saying, the Exalted:
And this Qur'an was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches.
وَأُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنُ لِأُنذِرَكُم بِهِ وَمَن بَلَغَ
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لقاء مفتوح بجدة 23-8-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (1:06:01)
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