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Should one continue in a marriage or separate from a husband who is addicted to pornography, does not have a good relationship with his daughter, is always depressed and sad, cannot maintain a marital relationship, and secretly masturbates?

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Watching pornography is an abomination and a means to indecencies. It is even more reprehensible and bitter if it comes from a married person, as it constitutes ingratitude for blessings. It results in negative consequences such as a poor psychological state, neglecting one's wife, and resorting to masturbation. The husband should be advised with wisdom and good counsel, reminded of Allah, called to sincere repentance, and prayed for abundantly. The wife is permitted to seek separation due to his transgression and negligence, but she should not hasten to do so until it becomes clear that divorce is the most appropriate solution.

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