If the one who withholds zakah is not declared a disbeliever, why did Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) fight them?

The questioner : He says:The questioner : Your Eminence, if the one who withholds zakah is not declared a disbeliever, why did Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) fight them?

The Shaykh : Fighting those who withhold zakah does not necessarily imply declaring them disbelievers. Pay attention, my brother; fighting is broader than declaring someone a disbeliever. For this reason, Allah the Exalted said: What is it? Even though she is a believer, we fight her to repel aggression. We fought them so that the rites of Islam would be established. The jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) said that if the people of a town left off the adhan, and the adhan, as you know, is a collective obligation, they said that if they left off the call to prayer, it is obligatory for the imam to fight them until they call to prayer. So know the difference between the permissibility of fighting and the permissibility of declaring someone a disbeliever. It may be permissible to fight over something that does not make one a disbeliever, but so that the rites of Islam are established.