How a person protects himself from desires
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Question:
This brother is named Badr. He says: I am a young man, but I am exposed to some trials and desires. How do I protect myself from that? And what is your advice to me and to others?
Answer:
You protect yourself by doing one of two things: either by marriage, if you are able, or by patience, avoiding the causes of trial, and lowering the gaze. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Mishkat al-Masabih 3080 Allah the Exalted and Majestic said: [An-Nur 24:33]. Yes.
This brother is named Badr. He says: I am a young man, but I am exposed to some trials and desires. How do I protect myself from that? And what is your advice to me and to others?
Answer:
You protect yourself by doing one of two things: either by marriage, if you are able, or by patience, avoiding the causes of trial, and lowering the gaze. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
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.
يا معشر الشباب من استطاع منكم الباءة فليتزوج، فإنه أغض للبصر وأحصن للفرج، من لم يستطع فعليه بالصوم، فإنه له وجاء،But let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations] until Allah enriches them from His bounty.
وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ الَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7815- كيفية حماية الشخص لنفسه من الشهوات - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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