Mishkat al-Masabih #527
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The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «بَيْنَ الْعَبْدِ وَبَيْنَ الْكُفْرِ ترك الصَّلَاة» . رَوَاهُ مُسلم
Jabir reported God’s Messenger as saying, “What lies between a man and infidelity is the abandonment of prayer.”*
*This means that when a man does not make it his practice to observe the prayer he is no longer a Muslim.
Muslim transmitted it.
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This hadith is #527 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Prayer.