What is the ruling on my action, and what advice should I follow, knowing that I engaged in masturbation on one of the nights of Ramadan and did not purify myself until after three days, and I made up the prayers after purification, and I am aware of my action, and I intend to repent, and I am afraid of punishment, and I am also gay and masochistic, and strong intrusive thoughts afflict me, so what is your advice?
Masturbation is forbidden, and its sinfulness increases during Ramadan. Repentance erases what came before it, and there is no expiation for it. Abandoning prayer is a grave sin, and some scholars consider it disbelief that expels one from the faith. The questioner is advised to consult a trustworthy psychiatrist and to persist in supplication and humble entreaty to get rid of obsessive thoughts.
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