In Urdu that is called "Kasl-e-Tabai" and it does not make you kafir. In Surah Maoon, Allah says about munafiqeen: ** Who are neglectful of their prayers**. This is not the Kasl-e-Tabai or laziness. Its the "Kasl-e-Eitiqadi" or the denial in faith that Allah is pointing and pushes one to kufr.
I think all of you were talking about the same thing all the time, but from different perspectives.
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i meant, he is lazy or miser when it comes to this matter....
but does believe that Hajj is fardh....
most ppl who r lazy in prayers very well know about the obligation of prayers....
and some might even have a fair amount of knowledge about the rewards/punishments associated to prayers....
believing that a certain 'pillar' of Islam is not fardh, takes one to kufr....
being lazy in the action, is a different category i think....
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