Combining the ruling that the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever with the hadith: "Whoever says there is no god but Allah will enter Paradise"

Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, you said that the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever, committing major shirk (associating partners with Allah) that takes him out of the religion. How do we reconcile the hadith narrated by Muslim, "Between a man and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is the abandonment of prayer," with the hadith of Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Whoever says there is no god but Allah will enter Paradise"?

Answer:
Whoever says "there is no god but Allah" with its rights, and the greatest of its rights is establishing the prayer, is not one who merely says "there is no god but Allah" with his tongue and stops there. If one says "there is no god but Allah," he must pray, he must pay zakah, he must fast Ramadan, he must perform Hajj to the House if he has the ability, he must do what Allah has commanded, and he must leave what Allah has forbidden. This is the meaning of "there is no god but Allah." It is not just a phrase one says and becomes a Muslim, while abandoning prayer and abandoning acts of worship, and being content with just "there is no god but Allah." That is of no benefit. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Except with its rights." And one of the greatest of its rights is establishing the prayer. One of the greatest rights of "there is no god but Allah" is establishing the prayer. When Abu Bakr al-Siddiq fought those who withheld zakah, while they were saying "there is no god but Allah" and testifying that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, they said to him: O Successor of the Messenger of Allah, how do you fight them? They are saying "there is no god but Allah." He said (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Except with its rights," and zakah is one of its rights. And Wahb ibn Munabbih (may Allah have mercy on him) said, when a man asked him: Is not the key to Paradise "there is no god but Allah"? He said: Yes, but there is no key without teeth. If you come with a key that has teeth, it will open for you; otherwise, it will not open for you. "There is no god but Allah" is a key that needs teeth, and those teeth are the deeds and acts of obedience. Without acts of obedience and without deeds, "there is no god but Allah" is of no benefit. Yes.

The presenter:
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