What is the ruling on using medications that reduce the intensity of desire, given that they are common among unmarried men who are unable to marry?
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The questioner : He says: Your Eminence, what is the ruling on using medications that reduce the intensity of desire, given that they are common among unmarried men who are unable to marry?
The Shaykh : This depends on consulting a doctor. If using what weakens desire does not harm the person in the future, there is nothing wrong with it. If it harms him, it is prohibited. That is to say, anything that harms a person is forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A person needs this energy in the future. A man will get married and will need it. We want it to remain stored in him until the time comes when Allah makes it easy for him to find a wife and facilitates his affairs. Then, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) guided the youth to something and said: Mishkat al-Masabih 3080 Yes.
The questioner : He says: Your Eminence, a man guaranteed another man a farm plot, and after a period of time...
The Shaykh : You have wronged the women. I have not come to tell you that men are always like the share of two women. But we hope they will forgive this. Yes.
The Shaykh : This depends on consulting a doctor. If using what weakens desire does not harm the person in the future, there is nothing wrong with it. If it harms him, it is prohibited. That is to say, anything that harms a person is forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
There is no harm and no reciprocating harm
لا ضرر - إيش - ولا ضرارYoung man, those of you who can support a wife should marry, for it keeps you from looking at strange women and preserves you from immorality; but those who cannot should devote themselves to fasting, for it is a means of suppressing sexual desire.
يا معشر الشباب. من استطاع منكم الباءة فليتزوج، فإنه أغض للبصر وأحصن للفرج، ومن لم يستطع فعليه بالصوم فإنه له وجاءThe questioner : He says: Your Eminence, a man guaranteed another man a farm plot, and after a period of time...
The Shaykh : You have wronged the women. I have not come to tell you that men are always like the share of two women. But we hope they will forgive this. Yes.