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layout: post
publisher: alsalafiyyah@icloud.com
title: "It is impermissible for a person to remain ignorant"
hijri: Safar 25, 1442 AH
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Da'imah of KSA no. 21030-3"
lang: en
note: true
category: [knowledge, misc]
excerpt: "It is impermissible for a person to remain ignorant. They have to learn what they must know about their Din (religion) and gain religious knowledge from scholars."
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Aal Al-Shaykh
      url: /biography/abdulaziz/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Salih Fawzan
      url: /biography/fawzan/
    - name: Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd
      url: /biography/bakr/
---

Question:

Are the ignorant about religious matters and the layman not brought to account for the things they do not know about? Is acquiring religious knowledge Wajib (obligatory) in their case? 

Answer: 

It is impermissible for a person to remain ignorant. They have to learn what they must know about their Din (religion) and gain religious knowledge from scholars. Allah (Exalted be He) says: "**So ask the people of the Scripture, if you do not know.**" [Al-Nahl: 43]

Therefore, if a person remains ignorant about their Din (Religion) while there are scholars they can ask and learn about Al-Haqq (the Truth) from, then they are sinners.