either by pardoning or by carrying it out. As for the texts of promise, Allah will certainly fulfill them, for He—exalted is He—has bound Himself to do so. In support of this foundational rule, some scholars quote the couplet:

Though I may threaten him or promise him,
I break my threats, but my promise I keep.

See Sharḥ al-ʿAqīdah al-Ṭaḥāwiyyah, p. 318.

Sixth: It is truly astonishing—after all that has been set forth—that some people label the view which refrains from declaring the abandoner of prayer an unbeliever, while still affirming his flagrant sinfulness and depravity, as “Murjiʾism.” What, then, do they mean by irjāʾ? Where do its limits lie, and what are its criteria?

In light of everything said above, we state plainly and without equivocation that the one who neglects the prayer is a criminal, a reprobate, a flagrant sinner whose fate is gravely to be feared. ⦗19⦘