The Concept of Excuse by Ignorance
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! A questioner says: Is the one who holds that excuse by ignorance is one of the principles of religion, and believes that whoever disagrees with this issue has erred, following the statement of the Salaf or the Khalaf?
Answer:
This is a term used by people, and many of the ignorant today. Excuse by ignorance applies when the message has not reached him, when the call has not reached him, when he has not heard the Qur'an, and when the proof has not been established against him from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger. But if he has heard the Qur'an, heard the hadiths, heard the reminders and the sermons, then the proof has been established against him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh! A questioner says: Is the one who holds that excuse by ignorance is one of the principles of religion, and believes that whoever disagrees with this issue has erred, following the statement of the Salaf or the Khalaf?
Answer:
This is a term used by people, and many of the ignorant today. Excuse by ignorance applies when the message has not reached him, when the call has not reached him, when he has not heard the Qur'an, and when the proof has not been established against him from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger. But if he has heard the Qur'an, heard the hadiths, heard the reminders and the sermons, then the proof has been established against him. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/016 — archive.org (17:14)
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