How can we reconcile the fatwa that whoever abandves a single prayer out of laziness is an apostate, and the fatwa that whoever abandons some prayers out of laziness is not an apostate?

The scholars who deem the ترك الصلاة (abandonment of prayer) as kufr (disbelief) have differed on the extent of this disbelief. Some hold that one does not disbelieve إلا (unless) they abandon prayer entirely, while others consider the abandonment of a single prayer as kufr. Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen preferred the first opinion, emphasizing that one who abandons prayer does not disbelieve إلا (unless) they habitually abandon it entirely and do not pray any fard (obligatory) prayer. As for someone who prays sometimes and abandons it sometimes, they do not disbelieve. He supported this with the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "Between a man and shirk (polytheism) and kufr is the ترك الصلاة (abandonment of prayer)." He did not say "the abandonment of a prayer," which indicates absolute abandonment. He also clarified that the default is the continuation of Islam, and it does not cease إلا (unless) with certainty.