The Answer to the One Who Said: (That the One Who Abandons the Type of Action Entirely Does Not Commit Kufr Is a View Held by Some of the Salaf)

Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: There are those who say that the one who abandons the type of action entirely does not commit kufr (disbelief), and that this view is a second opinion of the Salaf (the earliest generations) that does not merit denial or condemnation. What is the validity of this claim?

Answer:
This is a liar, the one who says this is a liar. He lies about the Salaf. The Salaf did not say that the one who abandons the type of action commits kufr. They did not say that the one who abandons the type of action and does nothing is a believer. Whoever abandons action entirely without an excuse, who does not pray, does not fast, and does not do anything, and says, "I am a believer," is a liar.
As for the one who abandons action for a legitimate religious excuse, because he was unable to perform the action, and he pronounced the two testimonies of faith sincerely and then died or was killed in that state, there is no doubt that he is a believer, because he was unable to perform the action; he did not abandon it out of desire to turn away from it.
As for the one who is able to perform the action but abandons it, who does not pray, does not fast, does not pay zakah (the obligatory alms), and does not avoid forbidden things or avoid major sins, he is not a believer, and no one says he is a believer except the Murji'ah (a sect that excluded deeds from faith). Yes.