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is it alright to masterbate if you cannot hold yourself back from having sex?

· 10 Ramadan 1427 AH1 min readFatwa 14598English

Question

is it alright to masterbate if you cannot hold yourself back from having sex?

Answer

Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullah

Brother/Sister in Islam

One should stay away from all those things that enhances a persons sexual urge. Stay away from T.V, nude adverts, magazines, and casting glances at women. The above would curb ones desires to a large extent as ones desires are aroused through the evils around us. The prescribed method of suppressing ones desires is fasting. It is therefore not permissible to masturbate. How would one want to have Haram sex? Simply stay away from that avenue.

And Allah Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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