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
What are the ways to protect young Muslim students in America from the temptations of tribulations, other than marriage?
Is it permissible for a friend who frequents houses of ill repute to claim that hiring a prostitute falls under the category of "what your right hand possesses"? And is his prayer invalid because it does not deter him from indecency and evil?
Are watching pornographic websites and masturbating forbidden in Islamic law, with a request for evidence from the Quran? Are they harmful to the body, and what are the areas of harm? Are they permissible according to the Hanbalis, and who are the Hanbalis?
What is the ruling on committing sodomy, and what must one who repents from it do?
Does anything result for a girl who masturbated and then repented, and is her punishment like that of an adulteress, meaning one hundred lashes?
Is masturbation permissible, and is one sinful if semen is discharged after seeing a woman?
What is the ruling on masturbation if it is for the purpose of expelling excess semen to avoid nocturnal emissions, knowing that no women are imagined during its practice?
What is the ruling on one who fulfills her emotional and sexual needs by lying on her stomach and making movements that arouse desires? Is this forbidden, and what is the solution?
What is masturbation?
Is what the questioner did—imagining having sexual intercourse with a specific person while masturbating due to obsessive thoughts—considered fornication (zina), a major sin (kabira), or a minor sin (lamam)?
Is masturbation forbidden, and what is its expiation if repeated, and what is the solution to get rid of the feeling of desire for sodomy, if masturbation relieves this feeling?
Is the prayer of one who habitually masturbates valid?
Does masturbating cause a girl to lose her virginity?
Is masturbation forbidden because it causes impurity?
Is it possible that the hymen has been lost, with pain, drops of blood, and a clear fluid present, after masturbating by pressing on clothing?
Is it permissible for a person to masturbate not out of lust, but to get rid of semen?
How can one overcome the problem of loving smooth-faced youths (mardan) and prevent falling into indecency?
What is the magnitude of the sin committed by an internet addict when he browses obscene websites out of curiosity, and what is its expiation?
Would someone who views sexually explicit images and videos when hacking blackmailers' devices in order to delete them be considered sinful, by virtue of necessity?
Will God forgive one who is afflicted with secretly viewing pornography for arousal and to fulfill one's desires permissibly, while feeling extreme guilt and seeking forgiveness, and not committing major sins?
What is the ruling on intentionally ejaculating twice a week—based on a doctor's advice that not ejaculating causes pain and inflammation in the testicles—after it was previously only expelled through nocturnal emission twice a month?
How can one get rid of watching pornography, knowing that I pray and people see me as respectable?
Is there a sin incurred merely by a very small part of the glans touching the anus, without full penetration or ejaculation?
Is masturbation permissible to avoid watching pornography, and are there risks if it is practiced daily?