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Is vowing to fast one day for each time one masturbates valid, and how can it be annulled?

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Unlawfully discharging one's desires, including through masturbation, is an transgression against Allah's command and the limits of His law, as stated in the Almighty's words: (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). As for a vow of obstinacy and anger, its maker is given the choice between fulfilling what he committed to (fasting) or performing an expiation for breaking an oath.

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