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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on practicing the secret habit, which is called masturbation

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Question:
May Allah reward you. In her second-to-last question, she asks: What is the ruling on practicing the secret habit, may Allah honor you, for the man and for the woman?

Answer:
Practicing the secret habit, which is extracting semen by other than the permissible path that Allah the Exalted has legislated, which is between the husband and the wife, is forbidden. This is due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
(5) And they who guard their private parts (6) Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed - (7) But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors -وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
[Al-Mu'minun 23:5-7]
Therefore, extracting semen by other than the Shari'ah path is considered a forbidden transgression in the case of men and in the case of women. It is a bad and ugly habit.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5390- حكم ممارسة العادة السرية وهو ما يسمى بالاستمناء - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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