Hi, i feel embarrased to even ask such a question. But i need some help. I am supposed to have my nikkah with a man who recently confessed to me that he has watched p*** and has also masturb.- Due to stress. He prays, fasts and i honestly did not see this coming. I thought maybe when a boy is young he slips but to know that he watches and induldged in such acts has left me feeling uneasy. I told him how before me, he must fear Allah Swt. He was very guilty and said he will stop completly but it isnt easy, and he honestly had forgotten/lost sight of the magnitude of that sin. He prayed for repentence. But its only been a few days since all this has happend. I dont know how to even approach this situation. Do i still marry him knowing this, i dont know.
I thought maybe when a boy is young he slips
yeah i guess thats the joke, i suppose your both young.. im not trying to patronize anyone.. being a young man myself
but when you get married ....and have to live with someone, a lot of things need to change, a lot of compromises need to be made and a lot of effort is needed to maintain your relationship.
none of us are perfect within ourselves so you can imagine how things may be when you have to share everything with another.
so only you can decide if you want to go through with it or not.
as for the problem, i feel it is very much a spiritual one..
i may be of the extreme here but as alcohol clouds the mind and leads to different thought processes and decision making, porn does very much the same thing.. im not just talking about how one perceives the opposite sex but rather the whole process of thinking and acting.
its like opening a door in the mind that should often stay closed and not many things should come to us through it.
it is also very much part of planning for the future and sending forward.. and as our souls are often inclined to be not as nice as we imagine...we really should be afraid of allah swt in this respect.
but some people are good and some people need to learn to be good, its just part of growing up.. if you consider one to be above the other does not matter really..
we all pray to make the right choices in life and to be happy with the decree of allah swt.
he already knows what he wants and you already know the problem, everybody knows the problem..
so lay down boundaries that are the solution.. be stern, let him know you dont want that from him, cut out the avenues used by him to feed his problem.. find the patterns and timing of use (when he does it) and then support him through it.
you hold all the cards so its a case of if and how you want to play the hand..
do your best.