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Does masturbation affect one's immunity to black magic, and can it cause possession by a lover jinn, even if one bathes with ruqyah-infused water afterward?

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Masturbation is forbidden by Islamic law, and one must stop it immediately, for Allah Almighty says: {But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors}. As for its relation to jinn possession and magic, nothing is known about it, and there is no known origin for what is called the "fiery fence," which usually comes from charlatans.

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