Is One Sinful for Unintentional Ejaculation and Masturbation?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question

Is one sinful for unintentional ejaculation and masturbation?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

You are not sinful for unintended ejaculation. Furthermore, if after realizing that your touching was causing arousal you immediately stopped, you are not sinful either.

The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “All actions are based on their intentions. Each person will have what they intended…” [Bukhari]

Hope this helps

Allah knows best

[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences. He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he stayed for three years studying in Dar Al-Mustafa under some of the greatest scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib. In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Qur’an and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Qur’anic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.