The Evidence from the Qur'an and the Sunnah That the One Who Abandons Prayer Is a Disbeliever

The questioner : I seek refuge, so I ask: What is the evidence from the Qur'an that the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever? Who knows? Please. If you haven't brought it to mind, please.

The Shaykh : Yes, well done. His saying, may He be Exalted, regarding the polytheists: The implication is that if they do not do so, they are not our brothers in religion, and the brotherhood of faith cannot be negated except by exiting the prostration. As for the Sunnah, listen: It is authentically reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as narrated by Muslim from Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes, he said: Between a man and shirk (associating partners with Allah) and kufr (disbelief) is the abandonment of prayer. Between a man and shirk and kufr is like a barrier, and it is known that between such and such means the barrier between two men. So either he is a Muslim who prays, or he is a disbeliever who does not pray. And it is established in the Sunan from Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It dropped, this is from the prison. From the sayings of the Companions.
It is authentically reported from seventeen men among the jurists of the Companions that the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever. Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted this, and the people of knowledge transmitted it from him, and some of them deny it in the context of absence and absence. And in the Sunan from Abdullah ibn Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him), who is from the Tabi'un, he said: The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not consider anything of the trust in kufr except prayer. The Companions of the Messenger, and this is a transmission of the chain, and likewise said Ishaq ibn Ramah, one of the famous imams, that the Companions agreed upon the Companions.
A ruling indicated by the Book and the Sunnah and the sayings of the Companions, what do we say about it? After this, is there a ruling? No, the matter is clear and manifest. Then we say, from the perspective of consideration, is it possible for a person who has faith in his heart to maintain the abandonment of prayer? No, not in the mosque and not in the house, it is absolutely impossible. A man hears the call and sees the Muslims praying, and he does not care and does not pray, how can he be a believer? So upon him are the Qur'an, the Sunnah, the sayings of the Companions, and correct consideration, and there is no stronger ruling than this to establish this ruling.
And we have no doubt in this, even if some scholars differed on it, but the reference in what people differ in is to the Book and the Sunnah and the sayings of the Companions, and based on that.