The ruling on the one who abandons prayer and that he is a disbeliever whose disbelief takes him out of Islam.

The Shaykh : It is clear that the Shaykh holds that the one who abandons prayer is a disbeliever in absolute disbelief, because he stated that there is a difference between the disbelief of denial and the disbelief of knowledge. I mean, the disbelief of the one who abandons prayer; whoever reflects upon the texts will find that this is the truth, even if some disagree with it. The one who abandons prayer, even if it is out of laziness, is a disbeliever who has exited the religion and is an apostate from Islam. He is ordered to repent; if he repents, well and good, otherwise he is killed. Interpreting his abandonment as being due to denial of its obligation is a distortion of the words from their places, because he abandoned what the text indicates and affirmed what the text does not indicate. The text says "whoever abandons it," not "whoever denies its obligation." Furthermore, if a person denies its obligation but prays at every time, he is a disbeliever without needing to abandon it. So, distorting the words from their places based on what we believe is an error and an alteration of the Shari'ah. It is obligatory to keep the indication of the texts on their apparent meaning, and the judge among people is Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If the Book or the Sunnah clarifies a ruling from the rulings, it is not permissible for us to distort it according to our desires. Yes.
The student: And he also distinguishes between the meaning of the absolute name.

The Shaykh : Did the question come?
The student: No, O Shaykh.