You mentioned that among the benefits of the hadith of 'Ammar is the excuse of ignorance; is this applicable to all the rulings of the Shari'ah?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that among the benefits of the hadith of 'Ammar is the excuse of ignorance; is this applicable to all the rulings of the Shari'ah?

Answer:
No, this is the ignorance that cannot be removed, where the person has not been negligent, and there is no one available to teach him; this is excused. But if there is someone who knows, yet he did not investigate or ask, he is not excused by ignorance, because he is able to ask. He asks , yes. But if he remains in his ignorance while the scholars are present with him and says, "By Allah, I am ignorant and I am not responsible," this is not permissible. You have abandoned the obligatory duty upon you to ask the people of knowledge, yes.