A Reader on Pornography and Masturbation


The Ruling of Masturbation and Pornography

What Is the Ruling on Masturbation?

Is It Permissible to Masturbate to Avoid Having Sex Due to High Sexual Urge?

Is It OK for Me To Masturbate To Avoid Zina?

Is Watching Pornographic Videos Considered Zina?

Is Reaching an Orgasm Without the Use of Hands Considered Masturbation?

Is Masturbation Permissible for Medical Reasons? (Shafi’i)

Is It Permissible to Masturbate to Correct Vaginal Discharge?

Is One Sinful for Unintentional Ejaculation and Masturbation?

Articles on this Topic

The Social Costs of Pornography

Porn Is Big Business and Muslims Are Becoming Customers – Ustadh Amjad Tarsin

Pornography, Respect, and Responsibility: A Letter to the Hotel Industry « Public Discourse

 

How to Stop and Repent

Is Masturbation Sinful? How Do I Stop?

Can I Join a Seminary to Avoid the Sin of Pornography?

What Can I Do to Stop Masturbating?

How Can I Repent From Masturbation?

What Can I Do to Stay Away From Pornography?

I Am Addicted to Pornography. How Do I Stop?

I Am Addicted to Pornography. What Do I Do?

How Can I Wean Myself off From Porn?

How Can I Overcome My Porn Addiction?

How Do I Overcome a Pornography Addiction?

How Can I Recover from Porn and Lower My Gaze from My Lady Family Members?

How Can I Overcome My Habit of Masturbation?

Can You Guide Me on Overcoming My Sins and Getting Married?

How Do I Stop After Shamefully Watching Pornography at My Young Age?

I Am a Young Woman Addicted to Pornography. What Should I Do?

I Repeatedly Watch Pornography and Now Have an Incurable Disease. What Do I Do?

How Can I End The Cycle of Sin and Repentance?

My Computer is a Fitna for Me – Should I Get Rid of It?

I Have Watched Pornography Many Times. Will Allah Forgive Me?

Finding God Through The Chains Of Pornography Addiction

How Do Students With No Money Deal With Sexual Urges?

Is a 13 Year Old Who Carries Out Acts After Watching Pornography a Victim?

Advice to a Young Man with OCD and Struggling with Pornography and Other Major Sins

Can You Advise Me on My Porn Addiction Knowing My Extremely Abusive Childhood?

Is the Sinful Habit of Masturbation Distancing me From Allah

How Do I Break the Habit of Masturbation

 

Spiritual Means

Supplications for Stopping Masturbation

Why Does Allah Not Accept My Duas to Stop My Porn Addiction?

 

Further Resources for Recovery

Purify Your Gaze

Three-Step Recovery Model

What Is Porn Addiction Withdrawal? Symptoms and Guide to Recovery

Porn Addiction Relapse

 

Further Fiqh and Faith-Related Issues

How Can I Distinguish between My Discharges with My Addiction?

Can We Pray After Seeing a Pornographic Video?

Is Expiation Required for Masturbating While Fasting?

What Is the Ruling on Fasting in Janaba and Ruling on Masturbation during Fasting?

What Should I Do to Make up Fasts Missed Because of My Addiction to Masturbation?

Does Viewing Pornography Break One’s Fast?

Reading Qur’an on a Phone Used to Watch Pornography

Does Watching Hijab Pornography Lead to Disbelief?

Does Using a Dildo Take Away One’s Virginity?

 

Marriage and Family Context

Is Marriage the Solution to My Masturbation Problem?

Telling Future Wife about Pornography Addiction

Can I Get Married to a Chaste Man after Having Masturbated as a Woman?

“Too Embarrassed to Talk About It”: Pornography Addiction and Some of Its Effects on Muslim Marital Life

My Husband Abuses Me and Is Addicted to Pornography. We Have Small Children. Should I Stay or Leave?

How Should I Deal with My Unfaithful Husband Who Watches Porn?

“I’m Married To A Sex Addict” – 5 Tips on Moving Forward

How Do I Stop My Husband from Watching Pornography and Masturbating?

Can I Refrain From Marital Intimacy After Catching My Husband Watching Porn?

Can I Divorce My Husband Who Is Addicted to Porn?

How Can I Reconnect to My Husband Who Is Addicted to His Phone?

Can I Watch Pornography With My Husband’s Permission?

How Can I Stop Masturbating? It’s Hurting My Marriage.

My Father Watches Pornography, What Shall I Do?

How Do I Approach My Father Who Watches Pornography?

Is It Permissible to Confess a Porn Addiction to Family?

Help Your Kids Confront ‘The-P-Word’: Pornography, by Hina Khan-Mukhtar

 

On Spying

Can I Check My Husband’s Phone for Pornography?

Is It Permissible To Spy on My Wife if I Fear That She Is Involved in the Porn Business?

My Fiance Discovered Some Objectionable Files on My Computer

 

About Active Involvement in the Porn Industry

Will Allah Forgive All Our Sins Including Involvement in Pornography?

Will Allah Forgive Me if I Am on a Porn Site?

 

See also:

A Reader on Tawba (Repentance)

How Can I Strengthen My Iman When It Hits Rock Bottom?

Counsels & Wisdom on Uprightness & Spiritual Transformation

The Importance of Study in One’s Spiritual Development