How is Ibn Taymiyyah’s statement in the Book of Faith from *Majmu' al-Fatawa* regarding the excuse of ignorance to be understood?
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Question:
This questioner says: How is the statement of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) in *Majmu' al-Fatawa*, in the Book of Faith and its issues, to be understood? He said: “And one is excused for ignorance in the branches and the fundamentals, just as many Muslims were excused from the beginning of Islam until this time in matters of belief and the Shari'ah.”
Answer:
My brothers, do not cut off parts of the speech from one another. You take from the words of Shaykh al-Islam from the middle, not from the beginning, and you do not complete it. Complete the context and see what is in it, and why the Shaykh brought it up. You come to the presentation of the speech and cut from it, saying, “The Shaykh said so and so,” just as some of the people of desires do. This is not permissible. Yes.
This questioner says: How is the statement of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) in *Majmu' al-Fatawa*, in the Book of Faith and its issues, to be understood? He said: “And one is excused for ignorance in the branches and the fundamentals, just as many Muslims were excused from the beginning of Islam until this time in matters of belief and the Shari'ah.”
Answer:
My brothers, do not cut off parts of the speech from one another. You take from the words of Shaykh al-Islam from the middle, not from the beginning, and you do not complete it. Complete the context and see what is in it, and why the Shaykh brought it up. You come to the presentation of the speech and cut from it, saying, “The Shaykh said so and so,” just as some of the people of desires do. This is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف يُوجَّه كلام ابن تيمية في كتاب الإيمان من مجموع الفتاوى حول العذر بالجهل؟ #صالح_الفوزان — youtube.com
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