The ruling on a Muslim saying to his brother who abandons prayer: You are a disbeliever
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The questioner:
He asks: What is the ruling on a Muslim saying to his Muslim brother, "You are a disbeliever," if the matter has reached the point where he abandons prayer, is negligent in it, and does not pay zakah?
The Shaykh:
Which one has reached that point, the one who is speaking or the one being spoken to?
The questioner:
We are speaking about the one being spoken to.
The Shaykh:
Does the one being spoken to pray? Yes. So he says to him, "Abandoning prayer is disbelief." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 1078Sahih (Darussalam). So he is telling him the wording of the hadith that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Abandoning prayer is disbelief by the text of the hadith." So repent to Allah and guard your prayer. Yes.
He asks: What is the ruling on a Muslim saying to his Muslim brother, "You are a disbeliever," if the matter has reached the point where he abandons prayer, is negligent in it, and does not pay zakah?
The Shaykh:
Which one has reached that point, the one who is speaking or the one being spoken to?
The questioner:
We are speaking about the one being spoken to.
The Shaykh:
Does the one being spoken to pray? Yes. So he says to him, "Abandoning prayer is disbelief." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Between a person and Kufr (disbelief) is abandoning the prayer.
بين العبد وبين الكفر ترك الصلاة
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-50-منهج أهل السنة والجماعة في الصحابة|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:37)
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