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It is not correct to say that what is necessarily known from religion differs from person to person; because what is necessarily known from religion is a description of a situation, state, and reality, and it has nothing to do with individuals. It is the temporal and spatial reality and state that determines what is necessarily known from religion and what is not.

3. Excommunication is a legal ruling, and it is not of the first category, because it is not part of the fundamentals of religion, but rather of the second category, which differs with the difference of times and places. Therefore, it is not always necessarily known from religion. And the excommunication of the doer of disbelief who attributes himself to Islam is a more hidden ruling, and it is conceivable in this time when many of the rulings of Sharia have disappeared, and the misguidance of scholars and their deception of Muslims has increased.

Whoever excommunicates the one who excuses ignorance absolutely, or excommunicates the one who refrains from excommunicating the doer of disbelief who attributes himself to Islam (out of ignorance or interpretation), claiming that he has denied what is necessarily known from religion, has gone astray, innovated, and excommunicated Muslims without proof or legal evidence.

I ask Allah Almighty to guide us all to the truth and to the straight path. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And may Allah bless Muhammad, his family, and his companions, and grant them peace.

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