What is the ruling on using the internet to watch pornography for entertainment, which leads to masturbation and sometimes neglecting obligatory prayers?
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It is forbidden for a Muslim to access websites that contain pornographic images, due to the transgression of God's limits and the violation of His sacred prohibitions, and the audacity to defy His commands regarding lowering the gaze and guarding one's chastity and time. This is accompanied by the forbidden act of masturbation and abandoning prayer, which leads to ruin and wandering. One is advised to quickly repent to Allah by abandoning the sin, regretting it, and resolving never to return to it.
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