The Difference Between Abandoning Prayer and Withholding Zakah

Question:
And when Shaytan says, “O Messenger of Allah, why have the people of knowledge emphasized this prayer so much, but not this zakah?” If obedience in one state has been judged between them, what is the objection to its circumambulation?

Answer:
Because verses have come that indicate the disbelief of the one who abandons prayer, and the warning has come regarding the one who abandons zakah, but his disbelief has not been explicitly stated. So, withholding zakah: if it is because he denies its obligation, then he is a disbeliever by the consensus of the Muslims. And if he acknowledges its obligation but withholds it out of stinginess, then he is not declared a disbeliever, but it is taken from him by force. The ruler takes it from him by force, even by fighting him if he refuses and he has power. It must be taken from him, even by fighting, just as the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did with the one who withheld zakah.