Islam and masturbation
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Istimna (استمناء) is the Arabic term for masturbation.
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[edit] Makrooh
Although all legal schools of thought consider masturbation to be haram, some scholars have allowed it as a last resort for unmarried individuals attempting to avoid succumbing to the greater sin of zina.[citation needed] .
[edit] Schools of thought
It is forbidden but also considered haraam in the Shi'a denomination of Islam and all of its associated subdivisions.[1] It is considered haram according to the Hanafi, Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali schools of fiqh - the Sunni schools of jurisprudence known as madh'hab.[2] Sexual acts outside of marriage are generally prohibited according to the Qur'an (see below). Getting married or fasting are suggested as alternatives in the Hadith (see below).
Ibn al-Qayyim, a 14th century Sunni Islamic scholar [3]:
| “ | Ibn Aqil, and many of our scholars have ruled that masturbation is makruh (disliked), and never explicitly said he that it was haram. | ” |
He then presents his own discussion on the conditions that make masturbation halaal [3]:
| “ | If a man is torn between continued desire or releasing it, and if this man does not have a wife or he has a slave-girl but he does not marry, then if a man is overwhelmed by desire, and he fears that he will suffer because of this (someone like a prisoner, or a traveler, or a pauper), then it is permissible for him to masturbate, and Ahmad (ibn Hanbal) is explicit on this. | ” |
[edit] Haraam
At least one Islamic legal tradition forbids masturbation on the authority of an Ayah of the Quran which indicates that those who seek sexual gratification from other than their legal sexual partners are transgressing set limits. This is likely interpreted to refer not only to adultery but to masturbation as well.
Those of the view that it is Haraam:
- Malik ibn Anas[2]
- Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi`i[2]
- Abu Hanifa an-Nu‘man[2]
- Ibn Kathir[2]
- Al-Qurtubi[2]
- Shi'a[2]
Some have quoted one (1) narration from Ahmad ibn Hanbal.[2]
[edit] Qur'an
Ibn Omid Stanakzai, a 14th century Sunni Islamic scholar that Imaam Shaafi'i and those who have agreed with him have concluded that masturbation is Haram from the above verse. He says:[2]
- Masturbation is excluded from these two types which Allah has made Halaal, viz. wives.
Under the exegis of this verse, Qadi Thanaullah Panipati writes:[2]
- Imam Baghawi has deduced from this Aayat that masturbation is Haram.
[edit] Hadith
Some hadith that are quoted to in support of masturbation being Haram include:
Sahih Muslim and Sahih Bukhari includes:[2]
Ibn Kathir wrote in volume 5 p. 458:[2]
It is worth pointing out that Ibn Kathir's works are an interpretative commentary and not a part of the Quran itself.
This is a Daeef(Weak) Hadith[4]
Other quoted material include from Tafsir al-Mazhari vol. 12 p. 94:[2]
Quoted from those after the Sahaba
[edit] References
[edit] External links
How to Stop Masturbation 2 - IslamCan.com
