Is the secret habit a major sin for one who lives in a society with many trials?
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Question:
He says: One who lives in a society with many trials and resorts to the secret habit, does he commit a major sin?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to resort to the secret habit because it is taking pleasure in what Allah has not made lawful, and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[Al-Mu'minun 23:5-6] Therefore, taking pleasure is not permissible except with a wife or a slave one owns. Then He said: "And whoever seeks beyond that, meaning other than a wife or a slave one owns, then those are the transgressors." This includes masturbation; it is forbidden and not permissible. If a person fears for himself from trial, he should either marry if he is able, or fast.
He said:Mishkat al-Masabih 3080 Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: [An-Nur 24:33]. Yes. By His grace, they abstain from masturbation by hand and otherwise. Yes.
He says: One who lives in a society with many trials and resorts to the secret habit, does he commit a major sin?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to resort to the secret habit because it is taking pleasure in what Allah has not made lawful, and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
(5) And they who guard their private parts (6) Except from their wives or those their right hands possess
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْHe said:
God’s Messenger as saying, “Young man, those of you who can support a wife should marry, for it keeps you from looking at strange women and preserves you from immorality; but those who cannot should devote themselves to fasting, for it is a means of suppressing sexual desire.”
صلى الله عليه وسلم يَا مَعْشَرَ اَلشَّبَابِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ اَلْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌBut let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations] until Allah enriches them
وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ الَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل العادة السرية كبيرة من الكبائر في حق من يعيش في مجتمع فيه الكثير من الفتن؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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