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6. Never look at pornographic material.7. Take a firm decision not to repeat this evil act in your life.After these steps, the individual needs to become sensitive to thesituations and conditions which may lead to this vile act. So, aperson must guard himself from anything, which may trigger adesire for this act. By following these steps, a person gains thestrength to achieve success; hence the power to avoid this filthypractice develops.ADVICE1. Make Dua daily; seek help from Allah, this will strengthen youagainst temptation.2. Follow a program of vigorous daily exercises. The exercisereduces emotional tension and depression and is absolutelybasic to the solution to this problem. Double your physicalactivity when you feel stress level is rising.3. When the temptation to masturbate is strong, turn yourthoughts away from the selfish need to indulge.4. Set goals of abstinence. Begin with a day, then a week, a month,a year and finally commit to never doing it again. Till you don'tcommit yourself, to never indulging yourself in this vile act,you'll always be open to temptation.5. Begin to work daily on a self-improvement program. Strive toenhance your strengths and talents.6. Be aware of situations that depress you or that cause you tofeel lonely, bored, frustrated or discouraged; these emotionalstates can trigger the desire to masturbate as a way of escape.Plan in advance to counter these low periods through variousYoung Muslims, What they should know about Islam Page - 170