Conditions for the Excuse of Ignorance
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, are there specific conditions for the excuse of ignorance?
Answer:
Ignorance is of two types. One is ignorance that can be removed, but its owner is unaware of it. This is the person who is among the Muslims and among the scholars, yet he does not learn and does not ask. This is not excused, because this ignorance can be removed, but he did not strive to remove it. As for the ignorant person for whom this ignorance cannot be removed—no one is available to teach him and no one contacts him—he is excused until this state is removed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, are there specific conditions for the excuse of ignorance?
Answer:
Ignorance is of two types. One is ignorance that can be removed, but its owner is unaware of it. This is the person who is among the Muslims and among the scholars, yet he does not learn and does not ask. This is not excused, because this ignorance can be removed, but he did not strive to remove it. As for the ignorant person for whom this ignorance cannot be removed—no one is available to teach him and no one contacts him—he is excused until this state is removed. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب النكاح - 3 — islamhouse.com (1:13:43)
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