Is one excused by ignorance for major shirk if they, being from the common folk, go to al-Badawi in Egypt? Is this issue a matter of dispute, and is he who excuses by ignorance accused of Irja'?
The polytheistic acts committed by common people at shrines are excused due to their ignorance. Sheikh al-Islam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab said: "We do not declare as disbelievers those who worship the idol over Abd al-Qadir, or the idol over Ahmad al-Badawi, and their likes, because of their ignorance and the absence of anyone to enlighten them."
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