Repenting from watching prohibited things and masturbating
Fatwa No: 482080

Question

Assalamualaikum please I have a question I am 24years old and I have been addicted to masturbation and I have stopped it cause I watch porn a lot and now I am now trying to leave it and Allah know my heart I want to stop it but now I don't do it but when I wake up to ease my self like to urinate I feel a white-yellow fluid come out immediately when I want to urinate but It doesn't stain my cloth But sometimes not when I sleep even on a normal day too I am feeling so bad right now Does it mean I have to do ghusl anytime I see those dischargeDoes it mean Allah is punishing me for my masturbationAnd I have stopped Please I need answers

Answer

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

You are not obligated to perform ablution unless semen is ejaculated with pleasure. From your question, it seems that what came out was not semen but rather pre-ejaculatory fluid, so you are not obligated to perform ablution. Instead, you should perform Istinjaa' (cleansing) for it as you would for urine.

And it is incumbent upon you, dear brother, to repent to Allah from watching prohibited things and masturbating. You are in the prime of youth, so do not fill your pages with sins and disobedience; fill them with acts of obedience. The youth stage is one of the most crucial phases in life, and a person will be questioned about it, as mentioned in the hadith: 'The feet of the son of Adam will not move on the Day of Judgment until he is asked about five things: his life and how he spent it, his youth and how he used it, his wealth and where he earned it and how he spent it, and what he did with his knowledge.' [At-Tirmidhi]

If you are able to get married, then hasten to do so. In a hadith, it is mentioned: 'O young people! Whoever among you is able to marry, should marry, for it restrains the eyes and protects the private parts. Whoever is unable to marry, he should fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power.' [Agreed upon by Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Allah knows best.

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