6. Masturbation
This means causing ejaculation or climax by using the hand etc. The evidence that masturbation is one of the things that invalidate the fast is in the hadeeth qudsi in which Allaah says of the fasting person: “He gives up his food and drink and desire for My sake.” Narrated by Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (1894) and Saheeh Muslim (1151). Causing ejaculation comes under the heading of the desire which the fasting person gives up. Whoever masturbates during the day in Ramadaan has to repent to Allaah and refrain from eating and drinking for the rest of the day, and he has to make up that fast later on. If he starts to masturbate then stops without ejaculating, he has to repent, but his fast is still valid, and he does not have to make it up later because he did not ejaculate. The fasting person should keep away from everything that provokes desire and shun bad thoughts. With regard to the emission of madhiy (prostatic fluid not the sperm, it is a constituent of seminal fluid), the most correct view is that it does not invalidate the fast. Taken from http://www.IslamQA.com Question#38023
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Masturbation in Islam: Compilation of Articles and Fatwas
Prologue
Introduction
Chapter 1: Fasting in Ramadhaan
Chapter 2: Conditions in which breaking fast is Permissible, Impermissible, or Recommended
Chapter 3: That which Invalidates Your Fast
1. Intentional Intake of anything into the abdomen
2. Intention to break fast
3. Fluctuating Intention to fast
4. Vomiting intentionally
5. Menstruation or Post Partum Bleeding
6. Masturbation
7. Marital Relations
8. Cupping for both parties
9. Death
10. Apostasy
11. Above are Exempted in some cases
Chapter 4: Repayment of Missed or Broken Fasts
Chapter 5: Recommended, Disliked, and Impermissible Days of Fasting
(Chapter 4 & 5 – Insha’Allah comming soon around Eid al Fitr)
IBN AL HYDERABADEE 
lol, jazakallah brother.
im sure these fatwas help you in your time of desperation and horniness
Salaam all
Was wondering wether someone could help me with the question of, does maturbation in forgetfulnes break the fast?, i.e, if a person totally forgets that he is fasting then masturbates and ejaculates, then remembers later, should he consider his fast broken?
JazakALlah Khair
Why would you masturbate first it is haram
Actually, according to muhammad al shareef’s Rizk Management class and all the major schools of thought this act is haraam, not only will one’s fast be broken, there is nothing that can expiate one’s sins for comming this act and it is a MAJOR SIN. It not only weakens the body, it distances one from allah (swt),causes depression because it causes one to lead sort of a double life, and if one it married it definitely causes bad marital relations.
I hope this helps Inshallah. Salaams
Yes, i dont think I ever heard any shuyookh actually say masturbation is allowed or permissible as a general rule, nor did I mentioned its permissibility in this post. I myself follow the opinion that you mentioned. But I have heard shuyookh say that in times of uncontrollable desire one may do it, even though it might be bad. Specially fr people living in a sucha sexual society. This doesnt mean that you stop repenting form this sin, but the shuyookh said it might be less of a sin in these conditions. But what you said is definitely true, it is prohibitd by all schools.
JazakAllahU khayran
Was Salaam Alaykum Wa Rahamtullah
salamu alaikum
I beg to disagree with “anonymous”
I’ll keep my reply short:
a) In hanbali madhab there’s an established opinion (im not sure if its rajih) that the fluid that comes out due to masturbation is just like blood exuding from the body; and it is permissible to masturbate in dire situation (as brother danish already mentioned).
b) as for the “major sin” comment; please save these blanket statements. The scholars have disagreed on the issue of masturbation and amongst the prominent ulema shaykh salman al-awdah holds the opinion that masturbation is “makrooh” and something “makrooh” is not a major sin.
As for the “major sin” bit it is interesting to note that some ulema categorized all the sins as “major”; however i think this just goes against the spirit of islam and being human simply because we can never be “sinless”.
JZakAllahu khair for these posts on fiqh of fasting; I shall start going through them pretttttyyyy sooon :P
I guess if your wife does it for you, it’s not the same act?
-abusara
Danish i agree with what you are saying..but at the same time sleeplesslonging said that its not a major sin…and that is just blasphemous…
Masturbation is a major sin. It is not a blank statement. There is basically so much proof against it that why should one put themselves in that sort of situation anyway? if one has such deep desires that one cannot control onesself then he should go get married. You mentioned that ulema shaykh salman al-awdah holds the opinion that its makrooh but the majority if not the rest hold the opinion that it is haraam. The thing about many from our muslim ummah is that we pick and choose what we like from different schools of thought so we can still think that we are doing okay…when in fact unless you follow everything that ulema shaykh salman al-awdah says, you shouldnt follow his “makrooh” opinion, but the majority opinion of it being haraam. and yes..i agree humans can never be sinless, but when there is soemthing that is in so much doubt that others exclaim it to be haraam, we should automatically separate ourselves from that.
As for ones wife doing the act for them, that is allowed, as learned from sheikh yasir birjas in the Fiqh of Love class, but one doing the act themselves in not allowed.
I am not trying to create controversy, I just simple wanted to put out there information from my knowledge that I thought would be useful for all to know. May Allah guide us all towards the stright path.
Ameen.
As Salaam Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah,
whatever the case might be, we shoudl try to look at it as a detestable thing inshaAllah. It definitely isnt somethign that woudl be considered good by the Shareeah or by our intellect. We shoudl try our best to avoid it. Its possible, unless someone is incredibly horny, which ever guy thinks he is but its possible for everyone to control it. Or just get married(easy to say hard to do).
Allah Knows Best
JazakAllahu khayran br. anonymous – could you please provide the links to these fataawa so everyone knows where you are comming form instead of quoting AlMaghrib, so people can actually read for themselves inshaAllah.
to Abu Sara – bro its allowed for the wife to do it, but marital relations are not allowed during the fast, even someone’s wife masturbating for the husband, i think this is the topic of the following post after thsi one. You can have marital relations durign the night of.
Allah Knows Best
assalamu alaikum,
“Danish i agree with what you are saying..but at the same time sleeplesslonging said that its not a major sin…and that is just blasphemous…”
hey hey hold your horses buddy; ever heard something called “ikhtilaaf”??? Wait do you even know arabic?
so mufti anonymous i’m being blasphemous eh? Would you like to perform takfeer on me? Please do so so i can take all of your good deeds :)
“Masturbation is a major sin. It is not a blank statement. There is basically so much proof against it that why should one put themselves in that sort of situation anyway? if one has such deep desires that one cannot control onesself then he should go get married. You mentioned that ulema shaykh salman al-awdah holds the opinion that its makrooh but the majority if not the rest hold the opinion that it is haraam. The thing about many from our muslim ummah is that we pick and choose what we like from different schools of thought so we can still think that we are doing okay…when in fact unless you follow everything that ulema shaykh salman al-awdah says, you shouldnt follow his “makrooh” opinion, but the majority opinion of it being haraam. and yes..i agree humans can never be sinless, but when there is soemthing that is in so much doubt that others exclaim it to be haraam, we should automatically separate ourselves from that.”
Firstly regarding your fatwa shopping allegation: i’m simply making taqleed of a KNOWn scholar over an “mufti anonymous al-internetee”.
Secondly salman awdah’s opinion isn’t “makrooh” but rather he HOLDS the opinion that “masturbation” is “makrooh”
thirdly the very fact that you’ve repeated on more than one place “ulema shaykh salman al awdah” shows that you are MAJHOOL. Anyone with even perliminary knowledge of arabic knows that “ulema” is plural and “alim” is singular.
Akhee it would serve you better if you tooka break, took a shower and concentrated more on learning islaam rather than passing fatwas. Please do take this sincere advice; I can tell because i’ve been thru this stage :)
“As for ones wife doing the act for them, that is allowed, as learned from sheikh yasir birjas in the Fiqh of Love class, but one doing the act themselves in not allowed.”
LOL since when did “fiqh of love” or for that matter al-maghrib become a “SOURCE”????
“I am not trying to create controversy, I just simple wanted to put out there information from my knowledge that I thought would be useful for all to know. May Allah guide us all towards the stright path.
Ameen”
Ameen to the du3a!
P.S. Danish bhai I hope you aren’t too annoyed with this rejoinder :)
Cheers everyone; remember we drawing closer to ramdhan and all this bickering is only a tirck of shaytan.
Let’s all say “audhubillahi min ashaytanir rajim”
wassalamu alaikum wa rahmatallah!
the purpose of the post was to not jack off whiel you are fasting….it will invalidate your fast…
as far as the rest is concerned, I think I will try to make another post regarding this.
Any way…we might have “masturbation” as a topic for a lecture during TX Dawah for the MSA Conference inshaAllah, what do yall think???
any way….dont jack off while you are fasting, and try not to do it at other times as well. Whether its a sin or not, I havent looked too much into it, but I follow the opinion that its impermissible, you shoudl follow what you are sure of as well inshaAllah. Even if something has the possibility of being a sin we should ask Allah to forgive us, as the Prophet (SAW) would ask for forgiveness over 70 times or 100 times a day.
Allah Knows Best
yeh i think we digressed my bad: yes im perfectly aware that it invalidates the
barakAllahu feek!
i forgot to put in “fast” in the last post…
Danish the idea of having the topic on MASTURBATION is very important and should be considered at TDC. Jazakumullahu Khairun.
Didn’t Imam al-Albani state that masturbation does not break one’s fast? Where is the proof that masturbation is haram to begin with? All that is used is Qiyaas from an ayah that doesn’t even mention it. That is why some of you aren’t sure if the wife does it, if it is okay or not, because it is just Qiyaas you base it off.
As Salam Alaykum U rahmatAllah to all
Dear brothers,
I have been searching throughout many cites about the topic on Mastuation on Ramadan. I am a fifteen year old muslim boy searching for help. I saw your cite and thought this would be a good place for some one to help me. Anyways, I don’t completely understand if the act of masturbation is Haraam, Makrooh, or a VERY BAD SIN. everyone is saying something different. I cannot help myself from commiting the act. It’s just pleasurable, but I very much wan’t to stop. I have been doing it for over 2 years, and I do not know what I should do because every time i do it, I right away ask for complete forgiveness from Allah and I promise that I will never go back to that Uncalled for, stupid, Makrooh, sinful bad deed, whatever you wanna call it, but nevertheless, I go right back to doing it, and yes it is very addicting. also It is ramadan now and I STILL CANT STOP DOING IT. and yes brothers I am fasting, Inshallah I keep fasting all the days, but still I keep commiting the act evenduring Ramadan, and many say if youdo it during Ramadan, you right away break your fast.
PLEASE BROTHERS HELPME, I AM IN NEED OF HELP
May Allah bring peace and blessings to all that help me and all that are trying to stop the act.
As Salam Alaykum U rahmatAllah to all
Dear brothers,
I have been searching throughout many cites about the topic on Mastuation on Ramadan. I am a fifteen year old muslim boy searching for help. I saw your cite and thought this would be a good place for some one to help me. Anyways, I don’t completely understand if the act of masturbation is Haraam, Makrooh, or a VERY BAD SIN. everyone is saying something different. I cannot help.
myself from commiting the act. It’s just pleasurable, but I very much wan’t to stop. I have been doing it for over 2 years, and I do not know what I should do because every time i do it, I right away ask for complete forgiveness from Allah and I promise that I will never go back to that Uncalled for, stupid, Makrooh, sinful bad deed, whatever you wanna call it, but nevertheless, I go right back to doing it, and yes it is very addicting. also It is ramadan now and I STILL CANT STOP DOING IT. and yes brothers I am fasting, Inshallah I keep fasting all the days, but still I keep commiting the act evenduring Ramadan, and many say if youdo it during Ramadan, you right away break your fast.
PLEASE BROTHERS HELPME, I AM IN NEED OF HELP
May Allah bring peace and blessings to all that help me and all that are trying to stop the act.
Yes I too am 15 and need help in this topic and problem.
Also a question…
If your fast is broken by this horrible thing, do u make it up by fasting 1 day after ramadan or fasting 2 months, as is to be done if intercourse is done during the day?
Salam
Salaam Alaykum Wa Rahamtullah
If you intentionally masturbate your fast is broken when the fluid comes out of your penis, and you have to make it up by fasting just 1 more day after ramadaan. Masturbation does not have the same rulign as sexual intercourse, this is what I was taught. While fastign try to read quran adn pray mos to fyour day whenever you ar ealone inshaAllah, this shoudl stop you from doing it. Also I have mentioned some more advice at the end. Allah Knows Best. http://www.islamqa.com is a good website for answers to look up for many questions.
Masturation is haraam by the Quran the Sunnah, there is only a solitary opiniont hat says it is makrooh, which also i ahve only heard but never seen it myself.
Read this exhaustive answer-
http://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=329&ln=eng
and you can see all the compilation of articles on amsturbation in islam here –
As for curign the habit, the first link has a good point by point way of deling with it inshaAllah.
Personal advice form me, first things first for anything you want to do make dua’a toAllah to relieve you of this nasty habit.Secondly try to avoid anything and everythign that turns you on (make you horny). Being teenager as I once was, it might be difficult to find things that dont turn you on, almost everything turns you at an age. Try to avoid the major things that turn you on like watching TV, i know ver the years TV has become more and more sexual, and Im not even talking about cable. Thirdly, always lower your gaze, it helps a lot. Fourthly is some advice I got from i believe Muhammad alShareef about just any sin- 1. Everytime the thought or any evil thought comes to your mind say Astaghfirallah, meaning May Allah forgive me. 2. Secondly follow it up with an Audhubillah, or any order it doesnt matter. This is to remind you to fear Allah. 3. Stay strong, resolve not to go back to the sin again. 4. Also mayeb try to change the environment that you are in, I knwo that can affect your state of mind a lot.
The above link has a few links on there that give tips on how to get rid of the habit I hope that can help inshaAllah
I hope this helped inshaAllah
Was Salaam Alaykum Wa Rahamtullah
thank you very much danishhasan.. you have given me hope which I have never lost but you have made me regain my strengh once again and I thank you for this and InshAllah what you have said keeps me in a straight path for me to not commit this haraam. Once again I thank you and may Allah bring peace andblessings to you and your family InshAllah.
~Mohammed~
What kind of things would you classify as desires?
not my job…usually a person knows what is a desire for him and what is not. If a person really wants to stop then he knows what causes him to do it, and if he is truthful and sincere to himself about quitting then he will inshaAllah avoid that desire.
i wouldnt go as far as to say that there`s lots of proof the way anonymous has said. simply because there really isnt that much. nothing direct. there`s even debate over whether we iinclude ourselves under the heading ” those whom the right hand possesses”.
but regardless of this , we have been told directly by Allah in the quraan ,”Obey Allah, Obey his Rasool, and the scholars of your time”.This holds for those who are not scholars and dont know better. thus, as long as we dont find something that makes it obvious that the scholars are wrong, we should obey there ruling.regardless of whether their proof is flimsy or not. that is for them to answer about.
as for the thing about the women doin it for you. its rather strange because many of the sites state that doing it by hand causes premature ejaculation and all sorts of wonderful sicknesses and state that as the basis for family`s breaking etc etcbut the fact that it is permissible by others sort off kills of all of the reasons that say that masturbation on its own is bad. and indicates to us that the fact that it is performed by yourself is what makes it bad.
Excuse me my fellow brothers…. I’m a 15 year old muslim too…. i believe that masterbation isn’t haram…. i mean to say if u do it during your fast….. you break your fast…. but if u do it after… theres nothing wrong…. cuz the fast is over…. and nobody is perfect…. everybody has a wet dream… every man had to masterbate… cuz i believe it is impossible for some1 not too…. but i say after u do it…. shower right away… so your clean for sahri…..
I think you should setup mohsin ali for your nonsense rambling. A man should not make his evil deeds fair seeming to him and to other men. If it is haram, ti is haram. Islam is all about beleiving and when allah alone himself said that fasting is when gives up his food, drink and desires.beleive in it and follow. So please never ever again make such evil sins seem fair to you!. May allah change your rebellious attitude.
thats true allah did give us desires as men but materbating is not the way too do it, allah has made men and women as a pair so that we can help each other and by marring the opposite gender we can elmonate these desires in a halal way.
may allah guide us all ameen
i keep masterbrating and then i feel very guilty and ask for forgivness from ALLAH but i then keep doin it cos i think that its okay to do so. i keep fallin in this trap. I do not want to upset ALLAH. But the issue on mastrubation is not clear.
What should i do.
PLEASE HELP
May Allah bring peace and blessings to all
Ameen may allah help all of us. if you keep on falling into this trap but your allways trying to stop and asking for forgiveness then i think you fall into the group of men that it is wajib(manatory) to get married so you do not fall into these traps. also reading the book of maraige can help too.
Hello, i am 15 years old, and i have been masterbating and rubbing my hand on my private part of my body. i have watched porn a few times.
i didnt know this all was haram, i am extremly regretful and want allahs forgiveness and i know i am going to stop this until marriage now. please tell me how to ask allah for forgiveness?
i am asked for apology by reading a few things.
i also would like to know how to become clean again after my greatful sin? should i do vusu, shower and read kalma on me?
please help me. i will come on here for help.
thankyou anonymus, 101
You have to remember that Allah is the most forgiving and most merciful and so he will allways forgive you. they are some rules though but i kind of forgot them but i know some of it, you have to ask allah for forgivness sincerely and try your haaaaardest not to do it again. and as long as your are asking sincerely allah will forgive you and remember sometimes the prophets would ask for forgiveness for days and also you can nulify a bad deed with a good deed.
I don’t understand when ppl say masturbation is haram and a grave sin. I live in a city where girls are half naked all the time and its not too hard to get one of them to sleep with you. If masturbation prevents one from having sex with a random then how is it haram? i believe it depends on ones situation and only Allah could judge our individual situations – no one else. You must be aware of wet dreams? Then how do you justify wet dreams? Our bodies must ejaculate semen and they do whether or not we have sex or masturbate. How does one justify a wet dream? Its an unintentional ejaculation? Is that also haram? No because its unintentional? Both scenarios you’re ejaculating regardless. Also its not too easy to get married. What if one cannot afford to get married? What if one is not mentally mature enough to get married? What if one cannot find a girl to get married? I could give a hundred different rebuttals to the statement, ‘If you cant control your desires then get married’.
Which city are you from bro?
well bro..if u cant get married even dan The noble prophet (peace be upon him) asked youths lke u to fast as it wud help u restrain desires…
and do not say anything about halal or haraam without knowledge…its a grave sin….
and plz dont declare something to be halaal just to follow ur desires…rather stick to true scholars. of ahles sunnah wal jamah whose opinions are based on quran and saheeh hadith….
may allah guide us …n forgive u…ameen
Ahhh, all this talk about wanking is making me horny. :P
what if it is done at night, when one is not fasting. – but still in the month of ramadhan?
Asalaaamo alaikum,
An important prevention aspect has been left out of all this conversation i.e. Avoid those triggers that prompt a sexual desire, so brothers lower you eyes when a partially clothed women passes by, dont watch programs that may incite you, definately don’t watch porn, dont listen to bad words or sounds that may incite you, and stay away from those places and people where you may find the above.
If all of the above is done and you still fail to control your desires even while fasting……..then get married!
May Allah protect our muslim brothers & sisters from the disobedience of Allah.
My wife has otally gone off sex, we probably do it only once a month. I therefore masturbate alot, in this situation I don’t think i am committing a major sin. Infact it is keeping me away from committing a major sin like adultary.
As a man in Islam one of your rights as a husband is that you can ask for sex anytime you want and she cant say no(its true if you dont belive look in the book of mariage) so you should not be doing this if she yes otherwise and if she says no and denies you I say you should get another wife.
Masturbationi s very addictive. The only way to overcome it is to get it into your head that you will die and will account. Also understand that for every action there is a reward in this life and the hereafter. What ever happens to you is a consequence of your life style- what you have done in your pst, except you seek repentance.
To the bese t of my knowledge Allah does not acept repentance if you keep going back to the same thing.
For youngsters out there focus on your studies and aim to be succesfull inlife and then you can marry as early as reasonable. Develop your skills and move with only good froends that encourage you to do giid things.
Get busy. Very busy and your mind will be occupied.
Masturbation just lieksex in a mind thing. It depends gratly on the state of you r mind.
Simply ask your self – have you ever felt horny when you were scared worried or really thinking about some important stuff. There are endless things in the world to spend your tiime on. Fuflilling things. Even when fasting and you are busy time flies.
ASk Allah to help you overcome it and you will.
Also avoid things that turn you on. For me its tight clothes. For you it might be what you see, hear, or where you go. It works it had for me and I do not do IT anymore
Assalam alaikum brothers
I am a female and I was wondering if the same sort of rule applies to females masuebating. Yes it happens more than you would think. Thank you.
Asalam alaikum.
Yes same rules apply for all of mankinds including women too.
salam
I think you should setup mohsin ali for your nonsense rambling. A man should not make his evil deeds fair seeming to him and to other men. If it is haram, ti is haram. Islam is all about beleiving and when allah alone himself said that fasting is when gives up his food, drink and desires.beleive in it and follow. So please never ever again make such evil sins seem fair to you!. May allah change your rebellious attitude.
salam
dfsgagfr I think you should setup mohsin ali for your nonsense rambling. A man should not make his evil deeds fair seeming to him and to other men. If it is haram, ti is haram. Islam is all about beleiving and when allah alone himself said that fasting is when gives up his food, drink and desires.beleive in it and follow. So please never ever again make such evil sins seem fair to you!. May allah change your rebellious attitude.
I have a question.
I know that masturbation breaks your fast and that if you do it while you are fasting you must continue the fast then make up the day.
My question is what if you do it during fitar after you have completed your fast for the day? Does it still break your fast?
I am a fifteen year old teenage boy and I must know.
Please if anyone knows please tell me.
Asalamualaykum
Masturbating after you have completed you fast for the day will not invalidate your fast. Although I personally don’t consider it a major sin like many others, it is still an act that should be avoided as much as possible. Please never let yourself think that it is okay and keep fighting everyday to avoid masturbating. Say Astaghfirulla when bad thoughts pop up in your mind and pray, Inshallah you will rid yourself of this habit.
I’m a woman and i’m married but i masturbate..because my husband doesn’t care about my desires..is masturbating haram for married women like me?
salam…if a person iz nt pak..incase he has ejaculated earlier bt iz wilin 2 fast..bt time has passed 4 shower..iz his fast (niyyah)accepted..
Ignorance and arrogance at it’s best!
Allah asks us to “Guard” our private parts, please google the meaning of “guard” before posting a fatwa against touching youself.
What’s next? Scratching your nose is haram? Should get married so i can scratch my nose?
I DONT want to marry, this generation of muslims women arent very nice and very rude
I am horney and wet when I was fasting does that break my fast?
Secondly I stopped masterbating for a month and now I wanna do it more please help
ejaculating semens by any means intentionally is an act of trying to fulfill desire
Salam,
Sadly i think i gave up to my desires because i had masterbated but i stopped before climaxing yet i still let out a drop unintentionally do this invalidate my fast? Thank you.
Please tell me if any one use the hand on private part and liquid come will it effect the fast? It’s related to male gender
In regards to masturbation and fasting: the same rules literally cannot apply for women too, because most women DON’T “ejaculate” or “cum” like men do. We just feel orgasms but most of us release absolutely no specific differentiating liquid when we orgasm- unlike Men, who literally release sperm and ejaculate.
Thanks for helping me. May Allah bless you