What is the ruling on the secret habit and how to get rid of it?
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Question:
What is the ruling on the secret habit? And is it permissible in the case of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)? This question has been asked many times.
Answer:
The secret habit is among the abominations. It is masturbation, whether by men or women. Masturbation by the hand or otherwise is called the secret habit, and it is called by other names as well. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said in His great Book:[Al-Mu'minun 23:5] EXCEPT WITH THEIR WIVES OR THOSE THEIR RIGHT HANDS POSSESS, FOR THEY ARE NOT TO BE BLAMED. BUT WHOEVER SEEKS BEYOND THAT, IT IS THEY WHO ARE THE TRANSGRESSORS. [Al-Mu'minun: 5-7]. So He named the one who seeks beyond that a transgressor and an oppressor. Thus, the secret habit is part of this transgression.
Some scholars have written a good book on this, in which they clarified many harms resulting from this vile habit. It is obligatory to guard against it, for both men and women alike.
Q: And the cure?
The Shaykh: The cure is to abandon it, guard against it, and get married. He should guard against it and get married, or fast if he is unable, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) treated it. He said:Mishkat al-Masabih 3080 This is the cure.
What is the ruling on the secret habit? And is it permissible in the case of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)? This question has been asked many times.
Answer:
The secret habit is among the abominations. It is masturbation, whether by men or women. Masturbation by the hand or otherwise is called the secret habit, and it is called by other names as well. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said in His great Book:
And they who guard their private parts
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ Some scholars have written a good book on this, in which they clarified many harms resulting from this vile habit. It is obligatory to guard against it, for both men and women alike.
Q: And the cure?
The Shaykh: The cure is to abandon it, guard against it, and get married. He should guard against it and get married, or fast if he is unable, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) treated it. He said:
Young 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، مَن استطاع منكم الباءة فليتزوج، فإنه أغضُّ للبصر، وأحصن للفرج، ومَن لم يستطع فعليه بالصوم؛ فإنه له وجاء
Source
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