Abu Ghassan al-Misma'i narrated to us, al-Dahhak ibn Makhlad narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, who said: Abu al-Zubayr informed me that he heard Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Between a man and shirk (polytheism) and kufr (disbelief) is the abandonment of prayer."