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Masturbation in Islam
Allah(theSupreme)says:]Andwhoguardtheirprivateorgans.Exceptfromtheirwivesorthelegalbondwomenthatthey
possess,forthenthereisnoblameuponthem.Sowhoeverdesiresmorethanthesetwotheyarecrossingthelimits.[Surah
Mominun23:0507]

MasturbationisalsoconsideredasdesiringmorewithreferencetotheQuranicverseabove.

SuhailsonofSaid(mayAllahbepleasedwiththem)narratesthattheHolyProphet(Allahsblessings&peacebeuponhim)
said:Whoevergivesmetheassuranceregardingwhatisbetweentheirjawsandtheirlegs(i.e.nottounlawfullyusethe
tongueandtheprivateparts),IgivethemtheassuranceofHeaven.(Bukhari)

AbuHurairah(mayAllahbepleasedwithhim)narratesthattheHolyProphetofAllah(Allahsblessings&peacebeuponhim)
said:WhoeverAllahprotects,fromtheevilofwhatisbetweentheirjawsandbetweentheirlegs,willenterParadise.[Tirimzi]

ImamShamsuddinZahabi(mayAllahbepleasedwithhim)narratesaPropheticnarrationthat,Sevenpeoplearesuchthat
AllahhascursedthemandHewillnotevencastalookofmercyuponthemontheDayofJudgment.Allahwilltellthemto
enterHellwiththepeoplewhoaregoingtoHell,exceptthosewhorepent.

1.Onewhoperformssodomy.
2.Oneuponwhomtheactofsodomyisperformed.
3.Onewhodoesbaddeedswithanimals.
4.Onewhomarrieshismotherorsister.
5.Onewhomasturbates.(ThewordsofthehadithsaysthesesevenpeoplebutthenarratorlistsfiveKitabulKabairp.48)

AllamaMahmoodAalusi(mayAllahbepleasedwithhim)narratesinRuhulMani:Ataa(mayAllahbepleasedwithhim)says
thatIhaveheardthatontheDayofJudgmentagroupwillbebroughtinsuchastatethattheirhandswillbepregnant.Ithink
theyarethemasturbators.AllamaAalusifurthersays:SaedbinJubayr(mayAllahbepleasedwithhim)narratesthatthe
HolyProphet(Allahsblessings&peacebeuponhim)said:Allah,theSupreme,willinflictpunishmentonagroupofpeople
becausetheymisusedtheirprivateparts.(RuhulMa'nip.291)

SyednaAnas(mayAllahbepleasedwithhim)narratesthattheHolyProphetofAllah(Allahsblessings&peacebeuponhim)
said:Thepersonwhoperformsmarriage(nikah)withhishands(i.e.masturbates)iscursed.(FatawaRazaviyya,Vol.10,
p.80)

AbdullahbinMasood(mayAllahbepleasedwithhim)reportsthattheHolyProphet(Allahsblessings&peacebeuponhim)
said:Ogroupofyouth!Whoeverfromamongyoucanmarryshoulddosobecauseitkeepsthegazelowanditprotectsthe
privateparts.Andhewhocannotmarryshouldfastbecausefastingbreakslust.(MuslimBookofMarriage)

MuftiWaqaruddinAlQadri(Hanafi)writesinWaqarulFatawa(Vol.1,P.269):Ifapersonisoverpoweredbysexual
desiresomuchthatthereisfearofhimbecominginvolvedinadulteryorheisnotcapableofmarryingorhiswifeissofarthat
hecan'tgotherethen(insuchcases)itishopedthereisnopunishmentfortheonedoingthis(masturbation).Itiswrittenin
DurreMukhtar(Vol.2,Pp109)(bySheikhAllaudDinMuhammedsonofAliHaskiffi,died1088H):Ifthereisfearof
committingadulterythenitishopedthatthereisnopunishmentontheonedoingthis(masturbation).Allama(Syed
MohammedAminAshShaheerbaBinAbideen)Shami,(mayAllahsmercybeuponhim,died1253H)hasalsoarguedonthis
quitealotanddecidedthatifhedoesthiswiththeintentionofsavinghimselffromcommittingsinitwillnotbeasinandifhe
doesitwiththeintentionofenjoymenthewillbeasinner.

TheHolyProphet(Allahsblessings&peacebeuponhim)said,"Undoubtedly,virtueswipeawaysins".Thereforea
masturbatormustrepentsincerelywithanintentionthathewillnevercommititagainanddogooddeeds.Accordingtoa
Propheticnarration,"Theonewhorepentsislikeonewhohasnotsinned."

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