Boycoting the one who abandons prayer

The questioner : The questioner asks: What is the ruling on maintaining loyalty to the one who does not pray except on Friday? And if boycotting him causes harm to the family, is it permissible to boycott him?

The Shaykh : First, if we say that a man does not become a disbeliever unless he abandons prayer entirely, then this one who prays on Friday does not become a disbeliever because he has not abandoned it absolutely. And if we say that he becomes a disbeliever by abandoning one prayer, or two prayers where one is combined with the other, then this one becomes a disbeliever. So whenever we rule with disbelief, it is obligatory to boycott him and cut off relations with him. Rather, it is obligatory to demand his repentance; if he repents, well and good, otherwise he is killed. But if we do not rule that he is a disbeliever, then he remains a non-disbeliever, and boycotting him or not boycotting him is based on what is in the public interest. If we find an interest in boycotting him, we boycott him; and if we do not find an interest, we do not boycott him.