What is the ruling on a man who prays and fasts, but at the end of his life slaughtered for other than Allah?

The questioner : A man who prays and fasts, but at the end of his life slaughtered for other than Allah and died in that state; what is his ruling?

The Shaykh : What?

The questioner : He slaughtered for other than Allah.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : What is its ruling?

The Shaykh : Did he repent or did he not repent?

The questioner : No, he prays and fasts, and at the end of his life he died having slaughtered for other than Allah; what is his ruling?

The Shaykh : What is the benefit of this question?

The questioner : We want to see what his recompense is.

The Shaykh : What is the benefit of this question? I will tell you: his case is left to Allah.

The questioner : And how good is that with Allah.

The Shaykh : He may be excused, or he may not be excused.

The questioner : O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : But the questioner...

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Allow me a moment.

The questioner: Go ahead.

The Shaykh : The questioner, this question...

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : What does he want to build upon the answer?

The questioner : The answer to it.

The Shaykh : What does he want to build?

The questioner : An incident occurred, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : O my brother, an incident, or rather incidents.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : But what does he want to build upon this question, for example? Does he want to say, "I declare him a disbeliever"?

The questioner : No.

The Shaykh : Does he want to say, "I do not pray over him"? What does he want from this question?

The questioner: All right.

Another questioner : O our Shaykh, is he prayed over?

Another questioner : Is he prayed over? Do we say, for example, that he is a disbeliever?

The Shaykh : Since he was praying, you pray over him.

The questioner : And he slaughtered at the end of his life.

The Shaykh : Yes, yes.