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?
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Masturbation is forbidden, and its sinfulness increases during . 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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