You mentioned that the Companions did not consider the abandonment of any act to be disbelief except for prayer, so how do we respond to those who say that the Companions considered that whoever
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The questioner : This questioner says: You mentioned that the Companions did not consider the abandonment of any act to be disbelief except for prayer. So how do we respond to a man who said that the Companions considered that whoever deemed a forbidden thing permissible or prohibited a permissible thing has committed disbelief? And whoever associated partners with Allah or disbelieved in Allah, they considered that to be disbelief. Also, whoever deemed fornication, intoxicants, and marriage to forbidden relatives permissible. How do we respond to that?
The Shaykh : What is in it?
The student: ... that the Companions did not consider the abandonment of any act to be disbelief except for prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes. They did not consider the abandonment of any act to be disbelief. As for what the questioner referred to, it is making permissible what Allah has forbidden or making permissible what Allah has allowed. The issue is distinct. Yes.
The Shaykh : What is in it?
The student: ... that the Companions did not consider the abandonment of any act to be disbelief except for prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes. They did not consider the abandonment of any act to be disbelief. As for what the questioner referred to, it is making permissible what Allah has forbidden or making permissible what Allah has allowed. The issue is distinct. Yes.