If one commits an act of disbelief, such as circumambulating graves, while ignorant, is he excused?

Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: If one commits an act of disbelief, such as circumambulating graves, and is excused due to ignorance because knowledge did not reach him, is he ruled to be a Muslim, or is he excused by his ignorance?

Answer:
No. Whoever commits shirk (associating partners with Allah), whoever commits major shirk, is ruled to be a disbeliever based on the apparent evidence. I told you that we base our rulings on the apparent evidence, so we base it on the apparent evidence. Therefore, whoever commits shirk or speaks words of major shirk, we rule that he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) and a disbeliever. We treat him as we treat disbelievers, meaning based on the apparent evidence. As for whether he is ignorant or excused, that is for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Therefore, if the disbelievers kill or die.
Those who worship graves or shrines, if they are killed or die, we do not treat them as Muslims. Rather, we treat them according to what they died upon, which appears to us to be disbelief and shirk. Yes.