Does the monotheist who abandons prayer come out of the Fire?

Question:
We find many people who abandon prayer, and yet they say: "There is no god but Allah." A group of scholars held the stronger view that the one who abandons prayer out of negligence and laziness?

Answer:
That is, they say: "There is no god but Allah," and they do not have with them what would make them disbelievers, so there is no objection. They say: "There is no god but Allah," and they do not have with them what would make them disbelievers. This meaning implies that they have sins, but they do not have with them what would make them disbelievers. As for the one who says: "There is no god but Allah," while he insults Muhammad, does it benefit him? If he says: "There is no god but Allah" a hundred times every day, but he says: Muhammad is a liar, what happens? Is he eternally in the Fire or not? He is eternally in the Fire. This is the meaning. Or if he says that prayer is not obligatory for people, the evidence is explained to him and he says: No, it is not obligatory, and fasting is not obligatory, and Hajj is not obligatory, and zakah is not obligatory, is he eternally in the Fire or not? Or if he says: "There is no god but Allah," or he insults the religion or mocks Islam.
So the conclusion is: the one who says: "There is no god but Allah" and comes out of the Fire is the one who says it and does not have with him any of the nullifiers of Islam. As for the one who has a nullifier, he is an apostate, and the apostate is worse than the original disbeliever, eternally in the Fire.
Q: But the issue is regarding the one who abandons it while not saying: it is not obligatory; this is the point of discussion?
The Shaykh: That is another matter. The correct view is that he is a disbeliever; but he is like the others. If we say he is a disbeliever, he becomes like the one who mocked the religion or lied about Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The meaning is: he has with him a nullifier of the nullifiers of Islam. Did you see if a person fasts during the day and stands in prayer at night, and does not commit unlawful sexual intercourse and does not steal, but he took the mushaf and urinated on it out of contempt for it, or sat on it, what happens? There is no disagreement among the scholars of knowledge that he is a disbeliever apostate. We ask Allah for safety. Even if he fasts during the day, stands in prayer at night, and testifies that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
So it is necessary in Islam that there be no nullifiers. He has Islam with him, but he does not have with him a nullifier of the nullifiers of Islam, he does not have with him any of the causes of apostasy. The Banu Hanifah prayed and fasted and testified that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and other acts of religion, and yet they were among the most disbelieving of people. The Companions fought them, why? Because they testified to the prophethood of Musaylimah, and they had with them a nullifier of the nullifiers of Islam; because there is no prophet after Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Muhammad is the Seal of the Prophets. And so it was with the followers of Talhah al-Asadi, and so it was with the followers of al-Aswad al-Ansi in Yemen. The path is one. The rule is that as long as he does not have a nullifier.