The Ruling on the Excuse of Ignorance in Declaring a Specific Person a Disbeliever
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is ignorance a general excuse that prevents declaring a specific person a disbeliever in all cases, or is there a distinction regarding ignorance?
Answer:
If a person has someone who can teach him and he is able to learn, ignorance is not an excuse. If he has someone who can teach him and he is able to ask, but he neglected to do so, did not ask, and did not learn, then he has no excuse. If the Qur'an and Sunnah have reached him, he has no excuse. As for ignorance that cannot be removed because he is in a remote place where there is no one to ask and no one to learn from, this person is excused. This is rare or nonexistent nowadays.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is ignorance a general excuse that prevents declaring a specific person a disbeliever in all cases, or is there a distinction regarding ignorance?
Answer:
If a person has someone who can teach him and he is able to learn, ignorance is not an excuse. If he has someone who can teach him and he is able to ask, but he neglected to do so, did not ask, and did not learn, then he has no excuse. If the Qur'an and Sunnah have reached him, he has no excuse. As for ignorance that cannot be removed because he is in a remote place where there is no one to ask and no one to learn from, this person is excused. This is rare or nonexistent nowadays.
Source
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