Chastity and Desire
This subtopic gathers questions on guarding chastity. They concern masturbation, pornography, lustful looking and thoughts, and the path out of them.
Questions readers ask here:
- Will health, eyesight, and bodily strength return after stopping masturbation that lasted two years?
- Is it permissible to flirt with women before marrying them?
- Is it permissible to return to masturbation when experiencing an intense desire to commit zina?
- What is the ruling on a Muslim youth going out on a date with a girl before marriage?
Marital intimacy belongs under Intimacy, and whether something breaks the fast under What Breaks the Fast.
132 questions
Is watching pornography to relieve sexual urges better than committing zina, given that I pray and fear God, and am unable to marry again?
Is touching a person with the private part over clothes, without penetration, in a dream or while awake, considered an act of sodomy, and what should one do about it?
Is one who tampers with his penis and then ejaculates unintentionally as sinful as one who ejaculates intentionally?
Is excessive nocturnal emission a compensation from Allah the Almighty for abandoning masturbation, based on the noble Hadith: "Whoever abandons something for the sake of Allah, Allah will compensate him with something better"?
What is the fatwa regarding nocturnal emission with a penis after one used to experience nocturnal emissions with women?
Is a person sinful if he does not prevent a wet dream while in a light sleep close to wakefulness, especially in sleep after Fajr, or should he surrender to that?
Is watching pornography to help one's wife complete the marital act and break the barrier of fear considered a sin that prevents the acceptance of repentance and necessitates repeating the fast?
Does a person become unchaste if he commits Zina?
What is the ruling regarding someone who has an erotic dream involving a male and experiences seminal emission?
Is it permissible to discharge semen once a month to avoid frequent nocturnal emissions caused by eating dates and the embarrassment that results from them?
What should I do about previous requests for illicit photos and videos that are still present in forums, and how can I overcome the feelings of frustration and depression resulting from this matter?
What is the ruling on masturbation for someone who cannot get married? Is it permissible to pray for a wet dream to release energy, and is a wet dream a blessing or a tribulation?
What is the expiation for indecency with someone other than one's wife?
Is placing something round in the anus to satisfy desire, in order to avoid committing sodomy with a bad companion, considered sodomy?
How can the display of pornographic pages on a computer be permanently prevented, given a lack of experience with computers?
Does unintentional movement during a wet dream, which aids in the exit of semen, make it masturbation and not a wet dream?
Is it permissible to place a pillow on the penis to encourage a wet dream with the aim of relieving sexual urges?
What should I do about frequent wet dreams, sometimes involving seeing my mother, and the sadness this causes?
How can one be delivered from the lust for sodomy and marry women after having practiced it?
Is a person who engaged in foreplay of sodomy but was unable to complete it due to a defect in the person being sodomized held accountable for the sin of sodomy?
Is continued viewing of pornography, despite seeking forgiveness and resolving to repent, considered a means to avoid greater sins, and can this persistent sin be a cause for salvation?
Does practicing masturbation before puberty affect it?
What is the ruling on expelling semen by hand, and how can one avoid that, and what is meant by minor lust?
Does slight bloody bleeding after masturbation mean the loss of the hymen, especially since nothing was inserted, and can a mother distinguish this through the blood?