أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ : أَوْ قَالَ جَابِرٌ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :" لَيْسَ بَيْنَ الْعَبْدِ وَبَيْنَ الشِّرْكِ وَبَيْنَ الْكُفْرِ إِلَّا تَرْكُ الصَّلَاةِ ".
قَالَ لِي أَبُو مُحَمَّد : الْعَبْدُ إِذَا تَرَكَهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ عُذْرٍ وَعِلَّةٍ، وَلَا بُدَّ مِنْ أَنْ يُقَالَ : بِهِ كُفْرٌ وَلَمْ يَصِفْ بِالْكُفْرِ

Abu Asim told us, on the authority of Ibn Jurayj, Abu Al-Zubayr told us, that he heard Jabir say: Or Jabir said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said Peace and blessings of God be upon him: “There is nothing between a servant and polytheism and disbelief except the abandonment of prayer.”
Abu Muhammad said to me: If the slave abandons it without an excuse or a reason, and it must be said: there is disbelief in him, and he is not described as disbelief.