How is it possible to reconcile the statement of Sheikh Ibn Baz, may Allah have mercy on him, that ignorance is not an excuse in matters of creed, which are the foundation of Islam, with your statement that there is no difference in excusing ignorance between matters of belief and matters of practice?
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Shaykhs Ibn Baz and Ibn Uthaymeen agree that the ignorant person who is negligent and complacent, to whom the truth reaches but he does not seek it, or he sees what people are doing and does it without research, or he has the opportunity to seek knowledge but does not care, is not excused.
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