Treatment of the Secret Habit
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: He is a young man who engages in the secret habit. He tried to stop it, but he could not. He asks: What is your advice regarding this, and what is the way to get rid of it?
Answer:
The way to get rid of it is to marry, if he is able to marry. He should marry to chaste himself and lower his gaze, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. If he is not able to marry, he should fast, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, forSunan an-Nasa'i 3208Sahih (Darussalam). He should abandon the secret habit; it is never permissible and is not allowed. Yes. It is a disease that begets diseases; it causes the blockage of the exit of semen afterwards. It is a disease. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: He is a young man who engages in the secret habit. He tried to stop it, but he could not. He asks: What is your advice regarding this, and what is the way to get rid of it?
Answer:
The way to get rid of it is to marry, if he is able to marry. He should marry to chaste himself and lower his gaze, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. If he is not able to marry, he should fast, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, for
and whoever cannot then he should fast, for it will be a restraint (wija') for him.
لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الأول في انقسام القلوب إلى صحيح وسقيم وميت — islamhouse.com (1:07:39)
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