The Ruling on Committing Major Shirk While Ignorant
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The questioner : What is the ruling on one who commits major shirk while being ignorant of it?
The Shaykh : The ruling is that he owes nothing, but if he is called to the truth, it is obligatory for him to follow it. It is not conceivable that one would be ignorant of major shirk unless he is a new convert to Islam or lives in a remote desert far from scholars. This is the case where ignorance is conceivable. As for a man among people, it appears that his ignorance of it is unlikely, and in that case, he is negligent in leaving off asking, and thus he is sinful.
The questioner : What is the ruling on one who commits major shirk while being ignorant of it?
The Shaykh : The ruling is that he owes nothing, but if he is called to the truth, it is obligatory for him to follow it. It is not conceivable that one would be ignorant of major shirk unless he is a new convert to Islam or lives in a remote desert far from scholars. This is the case where ignorance is conceivable. As for a man among people, it appears that his ignorance of it is unlikely, and in that case, he is negligent in leaving off asking, and thus he is sinful.