The ruling on one who dies having abandoned prayer and to whom the proof has not reached

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on one who did not pray until he died? These people were not reached by the proof, and no one ever ordered them to pray. Rather, their scholars tell them that there is no prayer obligation on a woman. So, is one who dies in that state, without the proof having reached him, and without there being radio broadcasts or the like, excused?

Answer:
If the Qur'an reached them and they heard the Qur'an, then this is the proof, because the Qur'an contains the command to pray and the command to establish prayer in many verses. So this is the proof; this is the reaching of the proof. Allah the Exalted said: And in the Qur'an, the prayer and the command to perform it and establish it are repeated. It is among the apparent matters of the religion, so one to whom the Qur'an has reached is not excused for ignorance regarding it. As for one to whom the Qur'an did not reach and who did not hear anything, he is excused. And this is rare, or nonexistent, in this age. There is no one to whom the Qur'an has not reached, especially now that it is broadcast on the radio and reaches the east and the west. This is part of the decree of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, in order to convey this religion and establish the proof against all the worlds.
Even the disbelievers broadcast the Qur'an on their radio stations, against their will. This is part of the decree of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, in order to convey this religion to the east and west of the earth. And to Allah belongs the conclusive proof, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.