Is the assertion by the website "al-Majaneen" true or false, that there is no explicit text prohibiting masturbation, and that the verses were interpreted as prohibiting fornication, not masturbation, and that the circulating hadiths are weak or denounced, and that the Hanbalis permitted masturbation out of necessity?

The fundamental principle is to have a good opinion of scholars. The criterion for wisdom and discernment is a correct understanding of the Qur’an and Sunnah, not merely permission and permissibility. True mercy lies in shielding people from the steps of Satan and the Hellfire, and it is not necessarily the case that a jurist who prohibits something is less merciful. The prohibition of masturbation has been previously clarified in earlier fatwas, and this pronouncement of prohibition is not new, but rather, scholars, ancient and contemporary, have held this view.