Is it a condition for the invalidation of a disbeliever's deeds that all the conditions mentioned in the verse be met: "And what prevented their contributions from being accepted from them is only that they disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger and that they do not approach prayer except while they are lazy, and they do not spend except while they are unwilling" (At-Tawbah/54), or is disbelief in Allah and His Messenger the only condition that matters? And if that is the case, then why did Allah mention approaching prayer lazily and spending unwillingly?
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Disbelief is what prevents deeds from being accepted. As for a believer who prays out of laziness or spends grudgingly, their action is blameworthy and resembles that of the hypocrites, and they are in great danger. Their spending will not be accepted, and there will be no reward for it if it is not purely for the sake of Allah. As for the disbeliever, if they perform a good deed, there will be no reward for them in the Hereafter, because faith is a condition for the acceptance of deeds, and they will only be recompensed for their deeds in this world.
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