The excuse of one who worships other than Allah out of ignorance
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Muhammad Sa'id Ahmad says: Is one who worships the grave or prostrates to other than Allah in this time excused due to ignorance, or is there another distinction in this matter?
Answer:
Ignorance has different states. The ignorance that cannot be removed, such as when there are no scholars present and nothing from the Qur'an or Sunnah has reached him, is excused until it is clarified to him and the Qur'an reaches him. The Exalted and Majestic is He said:[Al-An'am 6:19] The Qur'an warns against shirk (associating partners with Allah) and forbids it and threatens with punishment for it in more than one verse, and in more than one surah. So why does he not ask about shirk, what it is, and what its reality is, so that he can avoid it? As for the one who is among the Muslims, among the scholars, and hears the religious programs on the radio and media, he has no excuse, because he is the one who is negligent. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Muhammad Sa'id Ahmad says: Is one who worships the grave or prostrates to other than Allah in this time excused due to ignorance, or is there another distinction in this matter?
Answer:
Ignorance has different states. The ignorance that cannot be removed, such as when there are no scholars present and nothing from the Qur'an or Sunnah has reached him, is excused until it is clarified to him and the Qur'an reaches him. The Exalted and Majestic is He said:
And this Qur'an was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches.
وَأُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنُ لِأُنذِرَكُم بِهِ وَمَن بَلَغَ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/273 — archive.org (10:51)
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