What is the ruling on a Muslim who falls into major shirk (associating partners with Allah) while ignorant?
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Question:
A Muslim who falls into major shirk by slaughtering animals or making du'a' (supplication) to other than Allah out of ignorance, and who is far from Muslims and has no one to teach him, does he retain the name of Islam? And who retains the name of Islam for him?
Answer:
The claim that this is valid is incorrect. No one with this description hears anything, and nothing has reached him, and he is ignorant of what has been conveyed; this is not correct. The Qur'an has reached the east and the west, and now it is recited in the presence of witnesses on radio stations and broadcasting channels at the highest volume, reaching the east and the west, so that the argument is established against these people. Yes. The issue raised by the Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
And Islam, praise be to Allah, there is no country on the face of the earth today that has no Muslims. There is no country that does not have mosques and Islamic centers, praise be to Allah. No one has an excuse, and it cannot be said that a person is isolated and nothing has reached him. No one is isolated, except perhaps the wild people in the deserts and unknown tribes, perhaps. But now, as you see, the world has been settled and nothing remains; the entire world has been discovered, and nothing remains except assumption.
A Muslim who falls into major shirk by slaughtering animals or making du'a' (supplication) to other than Allah out of ignorance, and who is far from Muslims and has no one to teach him, does he retain the name of Islam? And who retains the name of Islam for him?
Answer:
The claim that this is valid is incorrect. No one with this description hears anything, and nothing has reached him, and he is ignorant of what has been conveyed; this is not correct. The Qur'an has reached the east and the west, and now it is recited in the presence of witnesses on radio stations and broadcasting channels at the highest volume, reaching the east and the west, so that the argument is established against these people. Yes. The issue raised by the Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
And Islam, praise be to Allah, there is no country on the face of the earth today that has no Muslims. There is no country that does not have mosques and Islamic centers, praise be to Allah. No one has an excuse, and it cannot be said that a person is isolated and nothing has reached him. No one is isolated, except perhaps the wild people in the deserts and unknown tribes, perhaps. But now, as you see, the world has been settled and nothing remains; the entire world has been discovered, and nothing remains except assumption.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم المسلم الذي يقع في الشرك الأكبر جاهلا؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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