Using the verse on guarding private parts as evidence for the prohibition of the secret habit and its treatment

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In his saying,

And they who guard their private parts

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ

[Al-Mu'minun 23:5]

, is there any indication in this verse that the secret habit is forbidden?

The Shaykh:
There is no doubt. There is no doubt.

guard their private parts ⁽⁶⁾ Except

لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ إِلَّا

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

He made an exception, except for

from their wives or those their right hands possess

عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ

[Al-Mu'minun 23:6]

the slave woman, whose master has a right to her. And anything other than that exception does not fall under the exception; nothing that is not part of it is included. Yes.

The questioner:
And he says, may Allah preserve you, how does one who is afflicted with this habit get rid of it?

The Shaykh:
He gets rid of it through fasting, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “O young men,

whoever among you can afford it, let him get married, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding one's chastity. Whoever cannot afford it, let him fast, for it will

من استطاع منكم الباءه فليتزوج فانه اغض للبصر واحصن للفرج ومن لم يستطع فعليه بالصوم انه له

Sunan Ibn Majah 1845Sahih (Darussalam)

and patience is likewise;

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

[An-Nur 24:33]

he is patient. Yes.

Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب اللباس — islamhouse.com (1:04:57)

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