Difference Of Opinion On Masturbation
What made you decide that Hadiths from Sahih Muslim and Sahih Bukhari don’t provide a basis for legislation but references from Ibn e Hazam does?
hadiths and anything about deen should be according to the framework of quran.
I completely agree with the first few sentences. I do however disagree that Ghamidi Center is encouraging people to engage in the activity. Our job is to educate people about Islam without any consideration for our own preferences. When we tell people with evidence that masturbation is not haram, we also tell people with all our energies that the purpose of Islam is to attain purification (tazkiya) and explain to them in every which way possible how to do it. This doesn’t mean that we should hide things out of our own desires. I also disagree that Prophet Muhammad SAW left any veils regarding this issue. Quran as well as many hadiths comment on things of very personal nature when it comes to intimacy. If there was any haram in masturbation, it definitely would have been made absolutely clear. Once again, everyone can judge for themselves what is right for them in their own given circumstances. Discouraging people about something from behind the false veils of religion is definitely a haram act and we should all refrain from it.