The excuse of ignorance for one who commits shirk (associating partners with Allah) in Muslim lands
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Question:
The questioner says: What about one who commits shirk by slaughtering for other than Allah, or supplicating to other than Allah, or otherwise, and he is in a Muslim land where he hears the Qur'an and the hadith? Is such a person excused by ignorance, or is he ruled to be a disbeliever by his deed or his action?
Answer:
The one who lives among the Muslims and hears the Qur'an and hears the hadiths, the argument has been established against him, so he is not excused by ignorance, and he is ruled upon by what appears from him in deed and speech. We rule upon him by his words and his actions; because the argument has been established against him in his presence among the Muslims and his hearing of the people of the Qur'an and the people of the hadiths and the speech of the people of knowledge.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: What about one who commits shirk by slaughtering for other than Allah, or supplicating to other than Allah, or otherwise, and he is in a Muslim land where he hears the Qur'an and the hadith? Is such a person excused by ignorance, or is he ruled to be a disbeliever by his deed or his action?
Answer:
The one who lives among the Muslims and hears the Qur'an and hears the hadiths, the argument has been established against him, so he is not excused by ignorance, and he is ruled upon by what appears from him in deed and speech. We rule upon him by his words and his actions; because the argument has been established against him in his presence among the Muslims and his hearing of the people of the Qur'an and the people of the hadiths and the speech of the people of knowledge.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب من الشرك أن يستغيث بغير الله أو يدعو غيره — islamhouse.com (42:25)
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