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What are the reliable books that explain "excuse by ignorance," and "Kitab al-Tawhid" by Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, and "al-Qawa'id al-Muthla," and those that address the parameters for declaring a specific individual an infidel according to the methodology of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah, in addition to a moderate explanation of "al-Wajibat al-Mutaḥattimat al-Ma'rifah" by Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?

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Among the books that addressed excusing by ignorance are: "Ignorance of Matters of Belief and its Ruling" by Abdul Razzaq Ahmed Maash, and "The Impediment of Ignorance and its Effect on Rulings of Belief" by Abu Al-Ula Al-Rashid. Among the books on the criteria for excommunicating a specific individual are: "Criteria for Excommunicating a Specific Individual According to the Two Shaykhs of Islam, Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab, and the Scholars of the Reformist Da'wah" by Abu Al-Ula Al-Rashid. Among the commentaries on Kitab Al-Tawhid are: "Fath Al-Majid" by Abd Al-Rahman Al Al-Shaykh, and "Sharh Kitab Al-Tawhid" by Ibn Uthaymin. Other books include: "Al-Mujalla Sharh Al-Qawa'id Al-Muthla" by Kamila Al-Kuwari, and "Al-Tanbihat Al-Mukhtasara Sharh Al-Wajibat Al-Mutahattimat Al-Ma'rifa" by Al-Qar'awi.

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