The ruling on a child born to two disbelieving parents and the excuse of ignorance
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Question:
Welcome. May Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you. We ask Allah the Exalted to reward you, Honorable Shaykh, with the best reward. May Allah preserve you. This questioner says: A person was born to two disbelieving parents, grew up in that state, and became an adult while still a disbeliever. He was in a region where the call to Islam had not reached them. Will he be among the people of the Fire, or is he excused due to his ignorance? He also asks that you elaborate on the issue of the excuse of ignorance.
Answer:
Yes. The child follows his parents. If his parents are young in this world, he is given their ruling in this world. He is treated as a disbeliever if he is with his parents or others, or if he dies, he is treated as a disbeliever. His ruling is the ruling of his parents. He is not washed, and he is not washed, and no funeral prayer is offered for him. His ruling is the ruling of his parents. This is in this world. As for the Hereafter, the scholars have differed on this; they have differed on this. And the correct view, may Allah know best, is that this matter is left to Allah, Glorified and Exalted.
As for their affair on the Day of Resurrection, it returns to Allah; He is the One who will bring them near, whether to Paradise or to the Fire. But in this world, we follow them as fathers, so their ruling is the ruling of the losers. As for the Hereafter, their affair is left to Allah; we suspend judgment on them. Some of the scholars say they are in the Fire, some say they are in Paradise, and some suspend judgment, and this is the correct position: to suspend judgment on them and leave their affair to Allah. The excuse in their case, as we mentioned, is the excuse of ignorance, if a person is in lands cut off from the Muslims and nothing has reached him; this person is excused by ignorance.[Al-Isra 17:15], [At-Tawbah 9:115] goes to them [At-Tawbah 9:115].
But if he is in the lands of Islam and Islam has reached him, he is not excused by ignorance, because it is complete for him to learn. If he claims to be excused or leaves, he is alone, so he is not excused by ignorance while he lives in the lands of Islam. Yes.
Welcome. May Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you. We ask Allah the Exalted to reward you, Honorable Shaykh, with the best reward. May Allah preserve you. This questioner says: A person was born to two disbelieving parents, grew up in that state, and became an adult while still a disbeliever. He was in a region where the call to Islam had not reached them. Will he be among the people of the Fire, or is he excused due to his ignorance? He also asks that you elaborate on the issue of the excuse of ignorance.
Answer:
Yes. The child follows his parents. If his parents are young in this world, he is given their ruling in this world. He is treated as a disbeliever if he is with his parents or others, or if he dies, he is treated as a disbeliever. His ruling is the ruling of his parents. He is not washed, and he is not washed, and no funeral prayer is offered for him. His ruling is the ruling of his parents. This is in this world. As for the Hereafter, the scholars have differed on this; they have differed on this. And the correct view, may Allah know best, is that this matter is left to Allah, Glorified and Exalted.
As for their affair on the Day of Resurrection, it returns to Allah; He is the One who will bring them near, whether to Paradise or to the Fire. But in this world, we follow them as fathers, so their ruling is the ruling of the losers. As for the Hereafter, their affair is left to Allah; we suspend judgment on them. Some of the scholars say they are in the Fire, some say they are in Paradise, and some suspend judgment, and this is the correct position: to suspend judgment on them and leave their affair to Allah. The excuse in their case, as we mentioned, is the excuse of ignorance, if a person is in lands cut off from the Muslims and nothing has reached him; this person is excused by ignorance.
And never would We punish until We sent a messenger.
وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًاAnd Allah would not let a people stray after
وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُضِلَّ قَوْمًا بَعْدَ إِذْuntil He makes clear to them what they should avoid
حَتَّىٰ يُبَيِّنَ لَهُم مَّا يَتَّقُونَBut if he is in the lands of Islam and Islam has reached him, he is not excused by ignorance, because it is complete for him to learn. If he claims to be excused or leaves, he is alone, so he is not excused by ignorance while he lives in the lands of Islam. Yes.
Source
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