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I’m married and travel quite a bit, and go back home once every few weeks. When out of town, sometimes I have this urge to masturbate, and end up doing. Am I committing a serious wrong here?

· 25 Rabiʻ I 1424 AH1 min readFatwa 8688English

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I’m married and travel quite a bit, and go back home once every few weeks. When out of town, sometimes I have this urge to masturbate, and end up doing. Am I committing a serious wrong here?

Answer

The wife may masturbate the husband, however, masturbating oneself is incorrect. (Shaami vol.2 pg.399; HM Saeed)

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Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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