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What is your advice to a young man over thirty who has not married, and the reasons for his rejection by girls and their families are repeated, which led him to practice masturbation? What is the ruling on that?

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The questioner is advised to fear Allah and repent sincerely, because difficulty in marriage may be due to shortcomings in one's duty to Allah and sins, as mentioned by Ibn al-Qayyim. It is also recommended to make abundant supplications for marriage to be facilitated. As for masturbation, it is forbidden and does not solve the problem of desire. Its real solution is marriage, and whoever is unable to marry should fast and guard their hearing and sight, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, advised.

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