The ruling on one who grew up in lands far from Islam

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there an excuse in the creed due to ignorance?

Answer:
Yes, when one grows up in lands far from Islam, and has no one there to teach him, he is excused for his ignorance, . This is the ruling of the people of the interval (ahl al-fatra). The scholars have differed regarding them, and the closest opinion, and Allah knows best, is that they will be tested on the Day of Resurrection. They will be tested on the Day of Resurrection, and whoever among them believes will enter Paradise, and whoever does not believe will enter the Fire. So his ruling is the ruling of the people of the interval: the one to whom the message did not reach, who did not live among Muslims, and who is cut off from the Muslims in distant lands. As for the one to whom the call has reached, the general reality is that the call has reached the East and the West through the media and through the closeness of countries, and nothing remains in the middle now, Allah knows best, meaning that is cut off. Except for things, Allah knows best, that Allah has concealed for a wisdom.
Those who live with scholars and Muslims, and hear the Qur'an and hear the hadiths, are not excused, because the argument has reached them in general. The prohibition of shirk (associating partners with Allah), the prohibition of fortune-tellers, and the prohibition of sorcerers have reached them. They hear this in the Qur'an and in the texts. As for the one to whom nothing has reached and he has heard nothing, he has heard nothing at all, and has not heard that there is no law, or that there is no Messenger. Yes.