The Ruling on Ignorance in Tawhid and Calling the Jinn

Question:
As for what follows, a questioner says: Does ignorance in tawhid (the oneness of Allah) excuse its owner? And is the one who calls the jinn while ignorant declared a disbeliever or not?

Answer:
There is a distinction regarding ignorance. If a person grew up in lands far from Islam and heard nothing, growing up in lands far from Muslims and hearing nothing and having nothing conveyed to him, then he is excused due to ignorance. Allah the Exalted said: So this is rare and few, that a person is isolated from the world and hears nothing. But if a person is in the lands of Muslims and hears the Qur'an, hears the hadiths, hears the sermons, reads the books, and listens to the tapes, and yet he says, "No, I am content with what I am on, and these are not correct, and these are such and such," this is not excused as an ignorant person. The truth has reached him and he did not accept it; he neglected acceptance. The proof has been established against him; the proof did not remain hidden from him, and the call reached him. So he is not excused for remaining on what he is on, because his ignorance has ceased. When the proof reached him, his ignorance ceased, and nothing remained except stubbornness and arrogance. This person is not excused by his ignorance. Most of the people of the earth are like this; most of them have had the proof and the call reach them, praise be to Allah. In the past, the call reached the east and the west through jihad and conquests. In our time, the call has reached the east and the west through visual, audio, and written media. It has reached the point that nothing remains that this Islam and this light have not extended to. So whoever remains on his false methodology and his disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) after the proof has reached him is not excused. Yes.