The ruling on one who did not learn the three matters and claimed to be a layperson
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Question:
The questioner says: I do not understand what I heard from those who sat with these three matters and did not know them, but he is one of the common people and is sincere in his devotion to Allah, fulfilling what Allah has obligated upon him. May Allah reward him with good.
Answer:
His ruling is that he is negligent and deficient. It is obligatory for him to know them. Is it an excuse for him to say, "I am a layperson"? Until recently, people would teach the congregations in the mosques these matters and have them memorize them, because they are very important. They did not leave them off until recently. So it is a necessary matter that it is obligatory for the imams of the mosques to teach them to their congregations and have them memorize them. They are easy, not difficult. Even the illiterate, who do not read or write, used to have them memorize them and recite them in a way of recitation and memorization more amazing than their memorization of them. This was the case until recently.
The questioner says: I do not understand what I heard from those who sat with these three matters and did not know them, but he is one of the common people and is sincere in his devotion to Allah, fulfilling what Allah has obligated upon him. May Allah reward him with good.
Answer:
His ruling is that he is negligent and deficient. It is obligatory for him to know them. Is it an excuse for him to say, "I am a layperson"? Until recently, people would teach the congregations in the mosques these matters and have them memorize them, because they are very important. They did not leave them off until recently. So it is a necessary matter that it is obligatory for the imams of the mosques to teach them to their congregations and have them memorize them. They are easy, not difficult. Even the illiterate, who do not read or write, used to have them memorize them and recite them in a way of recitation and memorization more amazing than their memorization of them. This was the case until recently.
Source
شرح ثلاثة الأصول وأدلتها، الأصول الثلاثة من أهم المسائل التي تتعلق بالتوحيد وحقوقه — islamhouse.com (1:09:22)
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