Is masturbation by hand considered one of the major sins?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This is a message from one of the listeners. He says at the beginning of his question: Has it been reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) anything indicating that masturbation by hand is considered one of the major sins? And is there a Prophetic hadith containing a warning for those who practice this habit? Please guide us in this matter. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-Haytami al-Makki mentioned that masturbation by hand is one of the major sins.
In his book called al-Zawa'ir 'an Iqtiraf al-Kaba'ir. However, what is known among the scholars, or among most of the scholars, is that masturbation by hand is a sin, and that it is a minor sin among the minor sins. It is forbidden in all cases. This is due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Mu'minun 23:5-6] "what your right hands possess." Therefore, enjoyment is not permitted except with a wife or with what one's right hand possesses. Enjoyment with anything else is an encroachment on what Allah has forbidden. He, Mighty and Majestic, said: [Al-Mu'minun 23:7] So it is forbidden in all cases. But the correct view is that it is not among the major sins. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This is a message from one of the listeners. He says at the beginning of his question: Has it been reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) anything indicating that masturbation by hand is considered one of the major sins? And is there a Prophetic hadith containing a warning for those who practice this habit? Please guide us in this matter. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-Haytami al-Makki mentioned that masturbation by hand is one of the major sins.
In his book called al-Zawa'ir 'an Iqtiraf al-Kaba'ir. However, what is known among the scholars, or among most of the scholars, is that masturbation by hand is a sin, and that it is a minor sin among the minor sins. It is forbidden in all cases. This is due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
(5) And they who guard their private parts (6) Except from their wives or
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَاBut whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors -
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5585- هل الاستمناء باليد يعد كبيرة من كبائر الذنوب؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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