We have a full brother who has abandoned prayer; what are the limits of dealing with him?

The questioner : We have a full brother who has abandoned prayer; what are the limits of dealing with him?

The Shaykh : Yes. Dealing with him should be with kindness, meaning that you go to him and call him to the truth until he establishes the prayer and performs the rites of Islam. If he is guided, that is what is desired. If he persists and refuses to do anything but abandon the prayer, then boycott him and leave him, because he is an apostate from the religion of Allah, may Allah protect us from that. The apostate disbeliever is more ugly than the original disbeliever, because this one turned back from the truth after embracing it, I mean the apostate, unlike the original disbeliever. For this reason, it is obligatory to kill the apostate in all cases if he does not repent before [the deadline], unlike the original disbeliever, who remains on his religion and we do not kill him as long as there is a covenant between us and him.
In summary: If this brother is expected to straighten out in his religion, return to his right mind, and pray, then maintain ties with him and call him to Allah. If the situation is the opposite, then boycott him and cut off relations with him.

The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge, and benefit Islam and the Muslims through you.