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Is feigning ablution and prayer in front of one's parents, for fear of their discovering an act of adultery, considered hypocrisy that expels one from the religion?

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What you are doing—committing adultery, abandoning prayer, and feigning prayer without ritual purity—are among the gravest transgressions and major sins that necessitate sincere repentance. Willfully abandoning a single prayer is more grievous than adultery, consuming alcohol, and taking a life. Some scholars even consider the one who abandons prayer to be a disbeliever. Furthermore, feigning prayer without ritual purity is also a major sin. Therefore, hasten to repent and desist from these abominations.

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