What is the expiation for masturbation in the ordinary months of the year and during the daytime in Ramadan, after sincere repentance?
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Masturbation has no expiation other than repentance, seeking forgiveness, feeling remorse, and resolving not to return to it. As for in , masturbation is a greater sin, and its perpetrator must make up for that day. Some scholars have mandated expiation along with making up for the day, which is the view of Malik, and adopting it is more cautious.
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