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Question: i was reading articles regarding masturbation on ur site. My question is 1. What is exact definition for this. ws, Response: Allah Ta'ala in His mercy did not give
definite rulings about each and every little detail simply because it
would have made Islam a very difficult religion to follow.
There is a hadith about this to the effect that Rasul Allah (saw)
stopped people from asking questions because he said that if Allah
responds to your question it will become a ruling and you would not be
able to follow it. Allah Ta'ala also forbade us from making
anything harām or halāl that He did not declare as such... thus not
giving anyone the authority to make up rulings about Islam on their own. This is what happened with the Jews, they
questioned Musa (as) so much hoping to avoid doing what he was asking, and
Allah Ta'ala kept answering until they had to slaughter the cow... which
they did reluctantly. Allah Ta'ala knows human nature better than
we do, he knows human beings rebel, and that is why He said: 'there is no
compulsion in religion' and the hadith that we should not make religion
difficult, and another one that if you have 2 choices take the easier of
the two. This does not take away from Islam being a
complete religion. We
misunderstand the word 'complete' as if it implies having rules about
everything. I think what it
means is that it is complete in helping a person evolve and grow in every
way. Islam gives us an overall understanding of how to be and then
expects us to use our free-will and wisdom to make the right decision. Regards, Follow up Question aoa, i am still surprised b/c having ruling
regarding any affair, will make followers to follow the religion easy. any
ways one question more. I have read a number of debates on this topic...
it means the matter is not to be ignored , with ur
openoin that the thing is not halal nor haram as well .. dont u
think that people specially our young generation could be at wrong side.
In fact according to my studies this thing is supposed to be very -ve even
in western society too. so how could islam allow that thing. Plz answer in Islamic Shariyah what is the
rulling about veiwing satellite programs ( that people mostly do) is that
included in masturbation? ws, ------- Follow-up Response: I believe that there are many things left
open to us so that we use our freedom of thought and choice to make
decisions about living our life. Making
wrong choices is also a way of learning from our mistakes... so mistakes
are not as bad as people generally make them out to be.
God has given us overall guidelines and also given us the
intelligence to read between lines... that is a blessing, otherwise human
beings would be no more than puppets.
Rigidity ultimately drives people away from God. Specifically, about masturbation... it is
neither halāl nor harām... not black or white thinking, because many
things have to be decided with each situation as it occurs... it would be
very unhealthy if a person was addicted to it to the extent that it takes
over their life, however there may be times when it could save them from a
worse sin... eg: masturbation is better than illicit relations.
So many things are left open to our discretion.
Rulings about specifics is based on the
overall message of the Quran. The
Quran would have to be endless volumes of work if it included every little
detail from the past, present and future.
So the message is to live a clean and wholesome life and don't get
caught up in worldly affairs to the extent that it distracts you from God.
Now people can use this overall message to understand how satellite
TV fits in their life. It is
possible to view educational, informative and entertaining programs and
thus get the benefit of modern technology.
But if one is wasting their entire day just watching nonsense
programming, that is not a healthy way to live.
The world is not a bad place as long as we can stay balanced in it. Regards, |