Is the issue of excusing ignorance in creed a matter of scholarly disagreement?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Is the issue of excusing ignorance in creed a matter of scholarly disagreement?
Answer:
My brother, there is no ignorance after the Messenger was sent. There is no ignorance; the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) ended with the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). If there is ignorance, it is due to our negligence. It is our negligence, and we are not excused for our negligence. We must seek knowledge. We must understand the Qur'an and understand the Sunnah, and we must not remain ignorant. It is not an excuse for the one who is able to learn. The one who is able to learn is not excused. The one who is able to learn and ask is not excused. Yes.
Is the issue of excusing ignorance in creed a matter of scholarly disagreement?
Answer:
My brother, there is no ignorance after the Messenger was sent. There is no ignorance; the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) ended with the sending of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). If there is ignorance, it is due to our negligence. It is our negligence, and we are not excused for our negligence. We must seek knowledge. We must understand the Qur'an and understand the Sunnah, and we must not remain ignorant. It is not an excuse for the one who is able to learn. The one who is able to learn is not excused. The one who is able to learn and ask is not excused. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل مسألة العذر بالجهل في العقيدة مسألة خلافية؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.