The hadith of Abu Sa'id regarding intercession and the ruling on the one who abandons prayer
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Question:
And if that is the case, and the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever, how do you respond to the hadith of Abu Sa'id regarding intercession, that one will be brought out of the Fire who had in his grave the weight of a mustard seed of faith, and that it did not benefit you?
Answer:
With the prayer, who said that he does not pray? Who said that he does not pray? This is an addition from the questioner. This is with the prayer, meaningSunan Ibn Majah 4173Sahih (Darussalam) and he has not committed any of the nullifiers of Islam. As for if he committed a nullifier of Islam, nothing of faith would remain in his heart. Yes.
And if that is the case, and the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever, how do you respond to the hadith of Abu Sa'id regarding intercession, that one will be brought out of the Fire who had in his grave the weight of a mustard seed of faith, and that it did not benefit you?
Answer:
With the prayer, who said that he does not pray? Who said that he does not pray? This is an addition from the questioner. This is with the prayer, meaning
no one will enter Hell who has faith in his heart equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed
من كان في قلبه مثقال حبة من خردل من إيمان
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب الصلاة : باب المواقيت — islamhouse.com (40:50)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.