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Is it permissible for a husband to request sexual gratification from his wife via the Internet if privacy is ensured and there is no breach, and is it permissible for a husband to masturbate to relieve lust and congestion during long travel and inability to stop the habit of masturbation?

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Masturbation is forbidden and harmful. Sexual activity between spouses over the internet is impermissible, especially if accompanied by masturbation, as it lacks privacy and protection. Others can view and record it, and it falls under the category of forbidden self-gratification.

The suggested solution is to try and bring over family or return to them. If unable to do so, one must adhere to piety, patience, and supplicate for guidance, devoutness, chastity, and self-sufficiency. One should also distance themselves from anything that incites lust and increase their fasting, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "O young men, whoever among you can afford to marry, let him do so, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding the private parts. And whoever cannot afford to do so, let him fast, for it will be a shield for him."

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