The Ruling on Excusing an Apostate Due to Ignorance of the Rulings on Apostasy
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is an apostate excused due to ignorance of the rulings on apostasy?
Answer:
If he is ignorant like others who are ignorant, or if he is in a community where nothing about Islam has reached him, and he entered Islam without knowing the truth of Islam, because it was not explained to him and he had no one to explain it to him, then he is excused due to ignorance until he learns. However, if he is a non-Muslim who hears the Qur'an and hears the hadiths, but he does not want to understand and does not want to gain knowledge of his religion and distinguish the lawful from the forbidden, then he is not excused due to ignorance, because he is able to remove the ignorance, but he did not do so.
Honorable Shaykh, is an apostate excused due to ignorance of the rulings on apostasy?
Answer:
If he is ignorant like others who are ignorant, or if he is in a community where nothing about Islam has reached him, and he entered Islam without knowing the truth of Islam, because it was not explained to him and he had no one to explain it to him, then he is excused due to ignorance until he learns. However, if he is a non-Muslim who hears the Qur'an and hears the hadiths, but he does not want to understand and does not want to gain knowledge of his religion and distinguish the lawful from the forbidden, then he is not excused due to ignorance, because he is able to remove the ignorance, but he did not do so.
Source
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