# Is masturbation haram in Islam?

*Masturbation: no Companion forbade it, Ibn Abbas's answer, and al-Albani on the fast*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/21/
- Date: 2020-04-19 · Kind: discussion · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (1:47:50–1:51:38)
- Status: a view quoted in order to be discussed, not a position held
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=6470s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/

**Topics:** Sexual ethics; What breaks the fast; Guest conversations

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** The guest says no Companion is reported to have forbidden masturbation and that the only evidence cited against it is the advice to fast; Mufti Abu Layth says modern society demonises men's sexuality.

## Longer summary

The guest says the prohibition of masturbation is not proven from any Companion, not even through a weak chain, and that authentic reports show it was practised; he cites Ibn Abbas saying it is better to marry a slave woman than to masturbate. Mufti Abu Layth remarks that masturbation is still widespread and is seen as humiliating to own up to for men, while for women it is seen as cheeky, which he calls a demonisation of men's sexuality in contemporary societies. The guest says those who prohibit it have only the Prophet's advice to fast for whoever cannot marry. He says al-Albani was criticised for his fatwa that masturbation does not invalidate the fast, and mentions an unrecorded opinion of al-Albani that smoking does not invalidate it. Mufti jokes about the guest's name.

## Sources and names cited

- Shaykh Kashif Khan (guest)
- Ibn Abbas
- report: a young man came to ibn abbas and said he stimulates himself and ibn abbas said what you are doing is better than zina but marrying a slave girl is better than what you are doing
- report: whoever cannot marry should fast for it is a shield
- al-Albani
- sawm (fasting)

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:47:50–1:51:38)

[1:47:15] you correctly share what you're saying is even though we don't encourage things like pornography or watching it Annie you know may very well have detrimental effects but we're not saying it's Haram that's what is that I've understood that correctly at the time of color right when they used to masturbate see the prohibition of masturbation is not authentically proving from any sahabi it's not let alone authentically I don't obey them even a week tradition where the Sahaba said that some neither ah

[1:47:50] yeah I mean right let alone Saheed is not even a big chain of narration way the sahabi has said that masturbation is haram with some knives Haram so and you will find authentic

[1:48:06] traditions from both definitely they used to think of something right and otherwise how how they would and some some of them were married as well and they had no option but to do it in

[1:48:41] Mother's a call of a mammoth he said it is better to buy a slave women than to masturbate now so if we don't have like like they like the soul of the encourage direct sex right you know with the wife he's like yeah you still masturbating at the time of

[1:49:19] the and even today like the new news are people they used to do masturbate and the real people they would go in today masturbation is seen as a kind of it is like it's a to own up to something like masturbation very humiliating it's not like people can't proudly on them I think for women it's okay in society it's seen as less being cheeky and funny and like not funny but being kind of like having a bit of fun if a woman was to put with men it's seen as just they're perverts that's there is this

[1:49:57] kind of demonization of men's sexuality in modern contemporary societies they don't have any evidence for the prohibition of masturbation they just they have only one I will dance with a prophet encouraged to past when he was asked if you do not have any means to marry so see fasting is done in the

[1:50:16] morning time and normally people they so even a llama bunny when he gave a fatwa that masturbation does not invalidate so fast he was sued and there was another opinion of animal bunny which which is not recorded but it's I think it's fatwa

[1:50:55] he stayed in some gathering but it wasn't recorded or someone may have that recording but it's not public at smoking does not invalidate far right morphine yeah so do you have access to that private one no no I would have and and I think now they wouldn't give it to me okay if they gave it to me it will be public next you know there's a good reason why your parents named you hash if I had cheese

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment hOusirOkBVU/s/21. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/21/

Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.