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What is the Sharia (Islamic law) ruling on masturbation?

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What is the Sharia (Islamic law) ruling on masturbation?

Answer:
According to trustful physicians, masturbation is harmful to one`s health, and is forbidden according to the majority of Muslim scholars. Therefore, a Muslim should avoid all that which inflicts harm on him in the life of this world and the Hereafter.

This answer was collected from the official government Iftaa Department of Jordan.

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