Is it permissible to masturbate to conduct tests to ascertain the ability to procreate before marriage?
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If you are able to marry, then proceed with it, and do not refrain from it due to your doubt about the ability to procreate. Masturbation is permissible out of necessity if there is no other way to obtain a semen sample for medical examination except through it.
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