Were the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) parents among the people of the period of ignorance?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Are the Messenger of Allah’s (peace and blessings be upon him) mother and father among the people of the period of ignorance?

Answer:
My brothers, they are not among the people of the period of ignorance, because they had remnants of the religion of Ibrahim and remnants of the religion of the People of the Book. They were not in a state where the call had not reached them and the messages had not reached them. They are not among the people of the period of ignorance. The people of the period of ignorance are those to whom nothing came, who did not hear that there was a Messenger or a book remaining, just as their mothers bore them. These are the people of the period of ignorance. As for these people, the call of the Messengers reached them, and they had remnants. Do they not perform Hajj? Do they not perform Hajj in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance? They perform Hajj, they circumambulate, they walk between al-Safa and al-Marwah, and they give charity. These are remnants of the religion of Ibrahim and the religion of the Prophets. So the call reached them. Yes.