If one is ignorant that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Seal of the Prophets, or that his message is not universal, and the evidence has not reached him, is he excused for his ignorance?
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Question:
If one is ignorant that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Seal of the Prophets, or that his message is not universal, and the evidence has not reached him, is he excused for his ignorance?
Answer:
If someone like him is ignorant, if someone like him is ignorant, having grown up in a distant land where nothing reaches it, where nothing reaches it and he hears nothing, this person is excused for his ignorance. But if he lives among Muslims and hears the Qur'an and hears, in our present time he hears even more, he hears the lectures, lessons, seminars, and articles broadcast on the radio, this person is not excused, he is not excused.
Knowledge has now spread. The proof has been established. Knowledge has now spread through the media. It has reached every remote corner of the earth. It reaches every remote corner of the earth. Nothing remains. This is a wisdom from Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), so that[Al-Ma'idah 5:19] on the Day of Resurrection [Al-Ma'idah 5:19].
In the beginning, the conveying of the call was through jihad. The jihad that the Muslims carried out in the East and the West, the call and the jihad. And when jihad ceased, these devices and things came to convey this message to the people, so that no one has an excuse. Yes.
If one is ignorant that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Seal of the Prophets, or that his message is not universal, and the evidence has not reached him, is he excused for his ignorance?
Answer:
If someone like him is ignorant, if someone like him is ignorant, having grown up in a distant land where nothing reaches it, where nothing reaches it and he hears nothing, this person is excused for his ignorance. But if he lives among Muslims and hears the Qur'an and hears, in our present time he hears even more, he hears the lectures, lessons, seminars, and articles broadcast on the radio, this person is not excused, he is not excused.
Knowledge has now spread. The proof has been established. Knowledge has now spread through the media. It has reached every remote corner of the earth. It reaches every remote corner of the earth. Nothing remains. This is a wisdom from Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), so that
lest you say
تَقُولُواThere came not to us any bringer of good tidings or a warner
مَا جَاءَنَا مِن بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍIn the beginning, the conveying of the call was through jihad. The jihad that the Muslims carried out in the East and the West, the call and the jihad. And when jihad ceased, these devices and things came to convey this message to the people, so that no one has an excuse. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 398 - من جهل أن رسول الله ﷺ خاتم الرسل أو أن رسالته ليست عامة ولم يبلغه الدليل فهل هذا يُعذر بجهله؟ — youtube.com
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