Is it permissible for someone unable to marry to purchase a sex doll resembling a real woman to pacify lust, by analogy with the purchase of female slaves in the early eras of Islam, and why is this not offered as an option for young men deprived of marriage?
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Sexual pleasure is forbidden with anyone other than one's wife or a female slave owned by right hand, as Allah Almighty says: "And those who guard their private parts Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed - But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors." Accordingly, it is not permissible to use sex dolls that simulate real women, whether a person is able to marry or not. Nor is it correct to compare this to buying female slaves, because a female slave is a complete human being, whereas dolls are merely rubber bodies.
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