On the surface, masturbation would seem to be harmless. After all, it's just sex with yourself. But there is more to masturbation than meets the eye since masturbation is nearly always accompanied by lustful thoughts

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[4:31] If you refrain from committing the gross sins that are prohibited for you, we will remit your sins, and admit you an honorable admittance.

42:37] They avoid gross sins and vice, and when angered they forgive.

[53:32] They avoid gross sins and transgressions, except for minor offenses. Your Lord's forgiveness is immense. He has been fully aware of you since He initiated you from the earth, and while you were embryos in your mothers' bellies. Therefore, do not exalt yourselves; He is fully aware of the righteous.

Adultery is a gross sin but mastrubation is not classified as a gross sin in the Quran.Therefore has to be a minor offense or simple sin.Surah 4 :31 says that GOD will forgive our sins if we refrain from gross sins.

So as i understand if mastrubation can prevent a person from committing a gross sin like adultery i dont see any harm in it.However,making it a regular practice is also not recommended.Finding a believeing partner and getting married is the best remedy :D!!!

Ok first off I'm not Muslim so you can either accept what I'm saying or don't. As far as masturbation is concerned it is NOT the same as having sexual intercourse with a woman. You are not inserting a penis into a vagina and you cannot conceive with your own self if you masturbate. Masturbation is nothing more than self sexual stimulation which some physicians say its quite healthy and normal.

I hear Christians say that when you lust in your heart or mind and masturbate it is the same as adultery. It is not. Ideas don't always turn into action. If a man has a sexual thought of someone else's wife that is the thought, it remains harmless until it is actually done.

The only problem I see with masturbation among Muslims is that it is considered bizarre behavior among the people since it is assumed marriage with the opposite sex is supposed to fulfill those sexual desires. But its bad advice telling someone saying its the same as having intercourse.