The Ruling on the Secret Habit to Avoid Major Sins
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Question:
The questioner says: What is the ruling on using the secret habit for the body? What is the ruling on using the secret habit to avoid major sins?
Answer:
A sin is not treated with a sin, my brother. A sin is not treated with a sin; abandoning zina is not treated with the secret habit, nor is zina treated with the secret habit; it is forbidden with forbidden. Impurity is not washed away with impurity. You must repent, be steadfast, lower your gaze, and guard your private parts.[An-Nur 24:33]. Yes.
The questioner says: What is the ruling on using the secret habit for the body? What is the ruling on using the secret habit to avoid major sins?
Answer:
A sin is not treated with a sin, my brother. A sin is not treated with a sin; abandoning zina is not treated with the secret habit, nor is zina treated with the secret habit; it is forbidden with forbidden. Impurity is not washed away with impurity. You must repent, be steadfast, lower your gaze, and guard your private parts.
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
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب ما جاء أن بعض هذه الأمة يعبد الأوثان - 2 — islamhouse.com (52:15)
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