Is a person excused for his ignorance regarding the oneness of Allah?
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The questioner : Is one excused for ignorance in the oneness of Allah?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Is one excused for ignorance in the oneness of Allah? Did you argue using the man who ...?!
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. The ignorant are occupied with the issue of whether one is excused for ignorance or not! The matter differs from country to country, and from person to person. Have you seen a man who received the call to Islam in a general form, so he believed and embraced Islam while in the land of disbelief? He embraced Islam and prayed whatever Allah willed for him to pray, the five prayers, while drinking intoxicants, and he did not know that they are forbidden. Is he excused or not excused?!
The questioner : Yes, he is excused.
The Shaykh : He is excused why? Because he lives in a non-Islamic environment. But a man who lives in the land of the Muslims and drinks intoxicants for years, and says: "By Allah, I did not know that intoxicants are forbidden." Is he excused?!
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Yes, so the matter requires detail, and that is necessary.
The questioner : Did it come...
The Shaykh : That is enough, that is enough, my brothers.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Is one excused for ignorance in the oneness of Allah? Did you argue using the man who ...?!
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. The ignorant are occupied with the issue of whether one is excused for ignorance or not! The matter differs from country to country, and from person to person. Have you seen a man who received the call to Islam in a general form, so he believed and embraced Islam while in the land of disbelief? He embraced Islam and prayed whatever Allah willed for him to pray, the five prayers, while drinking intoxicants, and he did not know that they are forbidden. Is he excused or not excused?!
The questioner : Yes, he is excused.
The Shaykh : He is excused why? Because he lives in a non-Islamic environment. But a man who lives in the land of the Muslims and drinks intoxicants for years, and says: "By Allah, I did not know that intoxicants are forbidden." Is he excused?!
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Yes, so the matter requires detail, and that is necessary.
The questioner : Did it come...
The Shaykh : That is enough, that is enough, my brothers.
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