What is the correct position regarding declaring a Muslim who says "there is no god but Allah and performs the prayer" an apostate, given the conflict between those who avoid declaring them an apostate, citing the Hadith: "Whoever performs our prayer, faces our Qibla, and eats our slaughtered animal, that is the Muslim who has the protection of Allah and His Messenger," and those who declare them an apostate by citing one of the ten nullifiers of Islam?

Whoever utters the two declarations of faith (Shahadatayn) and establishes prayer is judged to be a Muslim, but he may exit Islam if he commits an act that nullifies it, such as reviling Allah, or denying any part of the Quran, or directing any form of worship to other than Allah, or rejecting a ruling known to be an essential part of the religion. However, judging a specific person to be an apostate is conditional upon the fulfillment of certain conditions and the absence of impediments, such as him being aware of what he has committed and intending it. Otherwise, he is not judged to be a disbeliever. And one should be extremely cautious about rushing to declare a specific individual a disbeliever.