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What is the ruling on saying "Fear Allah" to someone who is cursing, while the accuser practices masturbation and describes his face as gaunt, and is this considered hypocrisy?

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We have previously clarified the prohibition of masturbation, its harms, and the means to overcome it. Committing sins does not prevent a Muslim from advising piety or enjoining good and forbidding evil. Thus, it is not a condition for the advisor to be perfectly righteous, and the sinner is commanded to repent, not to abandon advising.

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