Intense sexual desire during prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I am a young, unmarried man, and I often experience intense sexual desire during prayer. So I interrupt the prayer and splash water on myself. When I return, I resort to masturbation.
Answer:
This is waswas (whispers of Satan), my brother. Leave it. Pray and rely on Allah, and leave the waswas. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I am a young, unmarried man, and I often experience intense sexual desire during prayer. So I interrupt the prayer and splash water on myself. When I return, I resort to masturbation.
Answer:
This is waswas (whispers of Satan), my brother. Leave it. Pray and rely on Allah, and leave the waswas. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك : أن الناس في عصر الصحابة والتابعين ومن بعدهم كانوا يأتون المساجد حفاة في الطين وغيره — islamhouse.com (55:18)
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