The Ruling on Masturbation and the Secret Habit

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the ruling on masturbation, or what is known as the secret habit?

Answer:
It is forbidden; it is not permissible; it is forbidden. Allah the Exalted said:

⁽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 أَيْمَانُهُمْ

[Al-Mu'minun 23:5-6]

This is not permitted except with one's wife or with what one's right hand possesses

But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors -

فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ

[Al-Mu'minun 23:7]

. The secret habit is one of the forms of transgression; this is not permissible. Yes.

Source المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 05-06-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (1:05:49)

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