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'''culpable ignorant''' or '''Al-jāhil al-muqaṣṣir''' (Arabic: {{ia|الجاهِل المُقَصِّر}}) is a person who does not know the rulings and obligations of the [[shari'a]] as a result of his own negligence and fault. According to Shiite scholars, a culpable ignorant will be punished in the [[afterlife]]. The [[fuqaha|jurists]] believe that worships performed by a culpable ignorant are acceptable if they happen to match the [[fatwa]]s of their [[marja']] or the de facto obligations.
'''culpable ignorant''' or '''al-jāhil al-muqaṣṣir''' (Arabic: {{ia|الجاهِل المُقَصِّر}}) is a person who does not know the rulings and obligations of the [[shari'a]] as a result of his own negligence and fault. According to Shiite scholars, a culpable ignorant will be punished in the [[hereafter]]. The [[fuqaha|jurists]] believe that worships performed by a culpable ignorant are acceptable if they happen to match the [[fatwa]]s of their [[marja']] or the de facto obligations.


==Definition==
==Definition==
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Shiite jurists hold that worships done by a culpable ignorant are acceptable if they match the views of his or her marja' or the de facto obligation and are done with the [[intention]] of approaching [[God]] (qasd al-qurba). [[faqihs|Jurists]] have appealed to certain [[hadith]]s to show that in two specific cases, the worships done by a culpable ignorant are acceptable even if they do not match his or her de facto obligations. The two specific cases are as follows:
Shiite jurists hold that worships done by a culpable ignorant are acceptable if they match the views of his or her marja' or the de facto obligation and are done with the [[intention]] of approaching [[God]] (qasd al-qurba). [[faqihs|Jurists]] have appealed to certain [[hadith]]s to show that in two specific cases, the worships done by a culpable ignorant are acceptable even if they do not match his or her de facto obligations. The two specific cases are as follows:


#The case in which he or she should perform a [[broken prayer]] but performs it fully.
#The case in which he or she should perform a [[Qasr Prayer]] but performs it fully.
#The case in which he or she should say the prayer quietly but says it loudly, or vice versa (he or she should say the prayer loudly but says it quietly).
#The case in which he or she should say the prayer quietly but says it loudly, or vice versa (he or she should say the prayer loudly but says it quietly).


==Punishment of the Culpable Ignorant==
==Punishment of the Culpable Ignorant==
Shiite scholars hold that a culpable ignorant deserves punishments in the afterlife.
Shiite scholars hold that a culpable ignorant deserves punishments in the hereafter.


There are different theories about the ground of his or her punishment:
There are different theories about the ground of his or her punishment:
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