Masturbation Haram

Masturbation is Not Prohibited Not Haram - No Medical Harm Dr Zakir Naik

Is there a hadith which backs up that masturbation is haram? - Assim al hakeem

private parts, from illegal sexual acts).

Is the ruling the same for women, since mostly all the answers are related to men? I feel bad and guilty after doing it and I have also heard that masturbation can cause psychological problems and mental illness such as weak memory.

Answer: Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, Allama Ibn Abidin mentioned in his Hashiya in the investigation on the ruling of masturbation’ that the reason for the established prohibition of masturbation is that it entails a waste of sexual fluids and a stirring up of sexual desires in other than its permitted ways without excuse. Masturbation (for both men and women) is haraam (forbidden) in Islam based on the following evidence: First from the Qur’aan:Imam Shafi’i stated that masturbation is forbidden based on the following verses from the Qur’aan (interpretation of the meaning): "And those who guard their chastity (i. “The majority of Muslim scholars consider masturbation Haram (unlawful). In the Hanafi school, haram and makruh tahrimi are often used interchangeably. Masturbation is usually associated with haram acts such as pornography and can turn into an unhealthy addiction which affects one both physically and psychologically.









And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.









The majority of the Ulama are of the view of its prohibition. A Muslim …. Why is masturbation haram? Don’t doctors state that there is no harm in it? If a woman masturbates, does she have to perform ghusl? The Shafi’i School .



Expiation for haraam sexual activity. , one is not permitted to do an action which is makruh tahrimi just as haram is not permitted . Al-Bukhari:1469.

As we all know, masturbation is perfectly acceptable in non-Muslim societies and is practiced by large number of people: young, single, old, and even married. Is masturbation haram? The basic principle is that masturbation is haram.