# A preacher's video on masturbation: would you do it in front of your parents?

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/31/
- Date: 2021-01-05 · Kind: other · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (2:18:13–2:21:42)
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo90sV4JVHo&t=8293s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/

**Topics:** Sexual ethics; Religious guilt and scrupulosity

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth plays and mocks a preacher's anti-masturbation video built on the question of whether you would do it in front of your parents.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth plays a video by a religious man on masturbation, set to a nasheed, showing a pious man praying and reciting before giving in to the urge, and advising that next time one should ask whether one would do it in front of one's father or mother, and if not, how one can do it in front of Allah. Mufti mocks the advice, asking why anyone would want to think about their parents at such a moment, and says there are many things one would not do in front of one's parents.

## Transcript (machine tier, 2:18:13–2:21:42)

[2:17:45] stories in this so from his kamat I wonder what mine could be. Huh? All right, people. It is getting a bit late and there are some TV series waiting for me to Right. I did want to Am I missing anything out? Uh, I did want Right. Yeah, I've just gone on talking and talking today. Uh, right. I've come across these clips.

[2:18:13] Um, Right. This is a person, some religious guy making a video on masturbation. Forgive me for everything I've done in the past when everything was going so fast and now I just can't go on.

[2:18:43] I'm praying reciting everything. [Music] Allah. But then I get the urge. [Music] A lot of us have this bad habit. And for those who wants to know how to stop it, just think about next time you want to masturbate, would you do it in front of your father?

[2:19:06] Would you do it in front of your mother? If you can't do it in front of your parents, how can you do it in front of allahel? Think about it next time. And we might go back to it again. But don't forget Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he is ale. He's the most merciful. That part. [Laughter] Okay. So the the first part as we saw there was uh [Music] right.

[2:19:37] So the first part was uh there's another part as well uh from I don't know who this person is but um this holy brother he's got a video going around it was uh about masturbation so there you are praying your salah mashallah the nasheed playing in the background I don't know any nasheeds to sing right so there you You are a holy person reciting the Quran.

[2:20:09] You're reciting the Quran. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. Everything. Drink. And then you're going into the bathroom. And you come out. [Laughter] You come out and And the the cure to this is remember next time when you're feeling the urge to masturbate, think of your dad

[2:20:47] [Laughter] and think of your mom. No, no, no, no. You're teasing me. You're not. Yeah. What's this sick guy on about? Why would you want to think about your dad and mom whilst you get the urge? And then he's like, "Think about it. Can you do it in front of them?" I mean, is that what you really want?

[2:21:15] What kind of next level is this? Like, can you would you do would you do it in front of your mom and dad? This many things I won't do in front of my mom and dad. What kind of a is that? So anyway, that was the first one. Then uh you know the the holy holy brother keeps on giving.

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment eo90sV4JVHo/s/31. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/eo90sv4jvho/s/31/

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