The ignorance for which its owner is excused
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Noble Shaykh! Is the ignorant person excused in major shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
He is excused in everything, but on the condition that he has not been negligent in seeking the truth.
And the second condition: That he does not know that he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah),Meaning: that he does not claim to be a Muslim. Therefore, the polytheists today are undoubtedly polytheists, but those to whom nothing about Islam has reached, or who were Muslims but became polytheists without knowing it, are excused.
The questioner: The second condition.
The Shaykh: The second condition: that he does not know that he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). If he knows that he is a mushrik, he is not excused.
He is excused in everything, but on the condition that he has not been negligent in seeking the truth.
And the second condition: That he does not know that he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah),Meaning: that he does not claim to be a Muslim. Therefore, the polytheists today are undoubtedly polytheists, but those to whom nothing about Islam has reached, or who were Muslims but became polytheists without knowing it, are excused.
The questioner: The second condition.
The Shaykh: The second condition: that he does not know that he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). If he knows that he is a mushrik, he is not excused.