Fantasizing and Masturbating
Question
I wanted to ask you that, once 3-4 years before, I met a kid at my uncle's place and there I felt horny after seeing him, and I touched on him on his tummy and at the back (not on his posterior) in a horny niyat, I never did anything with my penis, but I went to the washroom and masturbated by imagining him. Alhamdulillah I am straight but I don't know why that happened? Have I have commited a major homosexuality zina with hadd punishment of death or not? Because I never penetrated or had sex with him, and now I have realised it, because at that time I never knew this is also a part of a haraam activity. Can I ask Allah for forgiveness? Please help me.
Answer
Fantasizing and Masturbating is impermissible in Islam, however it does not constitute hadd (punishment of death). Sincerely repent to Allah Ta'ala for the sin you have committed and resolve that you will not return to this sin in the future.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
في الجوهرة الاستمناء حرام وفيه التعزير ولو مكن امرأته أو أمته من العبث بذكره فأنزل كره ولا شيء عليه (الدر المختار 4/27)
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- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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