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Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih narrates from Maymun b. Mihran, 'I was once sitting in the presence of al-Hasan b. ?Ali (AS) when a man came to him, saying, ?O son of the Prophet of Allah, verily x is claiming money from me that I owe him and he wants to arrest me.' So he replied, 'By Allah, I do not have money to pay your debt on your behalf.' So he asked, 'Then talk to him.' So he (AS) put on his sandals, whereupon I asked him, ?O son of the Prophet of Allah, have you forgotten the fact that you are in a state of retreat?' So he replied, 'No, I have not forgotten, but I have heard my father (AS) narrating from the authority of [my grandfather], the Prophet of Allah (SAWA) that he had said, 'He who strives to fulfil a fellow Muslim brother's need is as if he has worshipped Allah, Mighty and Exalted, for nine thousand years, fasting during the day and standing in prayer at night.?

Imam Hasan ibn Ali al-Mujtaba [as]
Kitab man la yahdurahi al-Faqih, v. 2, p. 189, no. 2108

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Question : #795 Category: Sexual Ethics & Morals
Subject: Mastubation
Question: Assalamu Alaikum...pls I want to know if mastubation is allowed in Islam?
Answer: In Islamic terminology, masturbation (istimna) means self stimulation of the sexual organ till one achieves emission of semen or orgasm.

Masturbation in form of self stimulation is forbidden in Shiah fiqh. While describing the believers, the Holy Quran says, "The believers are... those who protect their sexual organs except from their spouses... Therefore, whosoever seeks more beyond that [in sexual gratification], then they are the transgressors." (23:5-6)
The last sentence makes it very clear that any sexual gratification outside marriage is considered a transgression of the law of God. And this verse also implies that sex is an act in which two people are involved.

Once when Imam Jafar as Sadiq was asked about masturbation, he recited this very verse and mentioned masturbation as one of its examples. In another, the Imam was asked about masturbation; he said, "It is an indecent act..."

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