Is it a form of the Murji'ah position to not declare the one who abandons prayer a disbeliever?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is the one who says that faith increases and decreases, who holds that the exception is part of faith, and who holds that deeds are included in the definition of faith, but who does not hold that the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever, to be called a Murji'i?

Answer:
No, he is not called a Murji'i. As for the one who abandons prayer, if he denies its obligation, he is a disbeliever by consensus. But if he is merely lazy and acknowledges its obligation, the scholars differed on declaring him a disbeliever. The majority hold that he is not a disbeliever by major disbelief, but rather by minor disbelief. The correct opinion, held by the most precise scholars, is that he is a disbeliever by major disbelief, and there is no evidence to shift it to minor disbelief, so he is a disbeliever by major disbelief. However, this is not considered part of the Murji'ah position, because this is a matter of scholarly disagreement.