What is the ruling on masturbation?
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The questioner : The questioner says: What is the ruling on masturbation?
The Shaykh : We have also spoken about this ruling, and the answer is that Imam al-Shafi'i said—and we agree with his evidence—: His saying, the Exalted, in describing the believers:[Al-Mu'minun 23:5-7]; this is an explicit text that it is not permissible for a Muslim to indulge his desire except through one of these two paths, or through both of them together: marriage and concubinage; so anything other than that is aggression and injustice for the one who does it; that is, injustice to his own self, meaning: those who transgress are the ones who are unjust to themselves.
The Shaykh : We have also spoken about this ruling, and the answer is that Imam al-Shafi'i said—and we agree with his evidence—: His saying, the Exalted, in describing the believers:
(5) And they who guard their private parts (6) Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed - (7) But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors -
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ * إِلَّا عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ * فَمَنِ ابْتَغَى وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَBut whoever seeks beyond that, those are the transgressors.
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَى وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ
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