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Takfir and the Excuse of Ignorance:
By Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan
In this series of articles we present the statements of the
Scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah which clarify and explain the issue of (
,), theexcuse of ignorance and also ( ), that which is known from
the religion by necessity. There ismuch confusion and speculation
about this issue, despite the fact that it is very clear in the
speech of the Scholars. One should
also be aware of factions of the Takfiris, Qutbis who allege
that the Scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah such as Imaam Ibn Baz,
ImaamIbn
Uthaymin, Imaam al-Albaani, Shaykh Abd al-Muhsin al-Abbaad and
many other contemporary Scholars are "revisionists," a charge
levelled because these Scholars did not agree to their
methodologies and positions (of masstakfirof nations and
societies
ortakfirof certain rulers). Hence, they extended this claim of
revisionism beyond the issue of the takfirof the rulers into other
issues
(such as theexcuse of ignoranceand that which is known from the
religion by necessity) in order to discredit these Scholars and
make the people not take from them and instead to drive the
people towards the Harakiyyeen and their figureheads. These
Qutbis
and Takfiris are ignorant people, they are pretenders to
knowledge, and they employ much deception. Instead of being honest
and
saying that difference in this issue can be found right through
the history of the da'wah ofTawhidin Najd, and varying sayings
can
be found amongst the Scholars of the da'wah, they opted for
their usual trait of deception and lies and tried to attack those
Scholars
who spoke against their Qutbi da'wah by accusing them of being
"revisionists" merely because they held the view of granting
theexcuse of ignorancein matters of kufr and shirk within
certain circumstances. Addressing their falsehood and their
conniving in
detail is for another place. Here we want to systematically
document the sayings of the scholars for the purposes of building
a
record and at a later time, we will inshaa'Allaah, discuss some
of these issues with the purpose of clarification.
Shaykh Salihal-Fawzanon theexcuse of ignoranceand Barriers
totakfir
Thisbrief audiobrief audio comprises a question put to
Shaykhal-Fawzaanregarding a person invoking others besides Allaah
for
that which only Allaah has power and control over.
Shaykh Abd al-Azeez al-Rahijee presents the question:
The questioner says, "Whoever performs shirk, such as (a person)
calling upon other than Allaah for example, for a cure, so
do we say "He is a mushrik" or do we say, "His action is shirk"
(with the knowledge) that he says "Laa ilaaha ilallaah" and he
fast
and makes pilgrimage.
Shaykh Saalihal-Fawzaananswers:
When he does not have an excuse in falling into Shirk then he is
a mushrik. As for when he is ignorant, or a muqallid (blind-
follower of others), or he makes an interpretation he considers
to be correct, then the (affair) is explained to him, then if
he
disobeys, then the judgement of shirk is made upon him, because
his ignorance has now ceased.
The Shaykh affirms that a person may have an excuse, when he is
ignorant or blindly following others thinking he is guided, or
makes a faulty interpretation (ta'weel) he deems to be correct.
So here the Shaykh said this one is to be advised and
corrected.
This statement should be read with many other statements of the
Shaykh and other Mashaayikh which collectively inform us that
what is considered ( ) "that which is known from the religion by
necessity" is not a fixed affair, rather itchanges from place to
place and time to time, and it cannot be used absolutely to reject
the other principle of () "theexcuse of ignorance" which is amongst
the barriers totakfir.
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