A discussion regarding the one who abandons prayer.
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The questioner : Our Shaykh, some scholars declare the one who abandons prayer a disbeliever... and they also claim this is based on the Book, the Sunnah, the statement of the Companions, and correct reasoning. The listener of such speech assumes that the issue is indeed so; so we ask you, may Allah preserve you, to clarify and detail the answer. First, they cite the Qur'an, arguing with the verse in Surat al-Tawbah, verse 11: [At-Tawbah 9:11]
But if they repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, then they are your brothers in religion
فإن تابوا وأقاموا الصلاة وآتوا الزكاة فإخوانكم في الدين
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