Question:
Asalamu Alaykum,
I have been trying to quit masturbation for quite some time but have failed to do so. Alhamdulillah I managed to abstain for 29/30 in the last 2 months and have never felt so chaste in years. I managed to be chaste for 29/30 because I had 2 wet dreams during those days and then they stopped and I lost myself.
O blessed Mashaykh kindly perform Istikhara for me or guide me how I can rid myself from this addiction, weakness, illness and possibly impotence it may have caused all these years and have more wet dreams because they helped and are natural. I fear this addiction may someday effect my marriage.
Pardon me for Bad adab, Jazak’Allah Khayran
Awaiting your reply with much eager.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Insha-Allah Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani is praying for you.
Ending addiction is step-by-step. If you take two steps forward, you may take one backwards, it is almost inevitable. Each time, repent, turn to Allah, and seek His Help, through the intermediary of Sayyidina Muhammad (s). Allah loves those who turn to Him.
Make intention to marry as soon as it is feasible and ask Allah to open that door for you. Meanwhile fast as much as possible as this reduces desire and battles the nafs.
Taher Siddiqui
