Advice for a young man who is unable to marry or fast
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Question:
This young man says he does not have the ability to marry and he is unable to fast, and his desire always comes to him. So what do you advise him?
Answer:
He is advised to lower his gaze. Say to the believers: "Let them lower their gaze and guard their private parts." He should lower his gaze and avoid those things that arouse desire, and he should fear Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and seek His help.[An-Nur 24:33] He should strive for chastity by doing the things that lead to chastity. The greatest of these is lowering the gaze, so he does not look at what stirs his desire, whether looking at women or looking at the criminal television channels and screens that display such things, or the internet that displays things that arouse desire. He should not look at them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This young man says he does not have the ability to marry and he is unable to fast, and his desire always comes to him. So what do you advise him?
Answer:
He is advised to lower his gaze. Say to the believers: "Let them lower their gaze and guard their private parts." He should lower his gaze and avoid those things that arouse desire, and he should fear Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and seek His help.
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 فَضْلِهِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-031-الشتاء وما فيه من النعم|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (20:25)
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