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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Did the Companions agree on declaring the one who abandons prayer a disbeliever?

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Question:
He says: We have heard some people say that the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever by the consensus of the Companions, and that the disagreement only arose after them. Is this correct?

Answer:
This is correct, yes. The Companions agreed on the disbelief of the one who abandons prayer. The narrator says what is in
The Companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) considered abandoning something of the deeds to be disbelief, except for prayer.كان أصحاب محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم يعتبرون شيئا من الأعمال تركه كفر إلا الصلاة
, so they agreed on this, yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل الصحابة مجمعون على تكفير تارك الصلاة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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