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Masturbation will make your hands pregnant in the afterlife, televangelist warns | Masturbation will make your hands pregnant in the afterlife, televangelist warns |
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A Muslim televangelist has given a stark, Cronenbergian warning to the world's masturbators, claiming during a live TV interview that their hands will become pregnant in the afterlife. | A Muslim televangelist has given a stark, Cronenbergian warning to the world's masturbators, claiming during a live TV interview that their hands will become pregnant in the afterlife. |
Mucahid Cihad Han made the comment after a questioner confessed that he "kept masturbating even though he was married". | Mucahid Cihad Han made the comment after a questioner confessed that he "kept masturbating even though he was married". |
Han, who has over 12,500 followers on Twitter, urged him to "resist Satan’s temptations", adding: "Moreover, one hadith states that those who have sexual intercourse with their hands will find their hands pregnant in the afterlife, complaining against them to God over its rights." (Picture: 2000TV) | Han, who has over 12,500 followers on Twitter, urged him to "resist Satan’s temptations", adding: "Moreover, one hadith states that those who have sexual intercourse with their hands will find their hands pregnant in the afterlife, complaining against them to God over its rights." (Picture: 2000TV) |
"If our viewer was single, I could recommend he marry, but what can I say now?" | "If our viewer was single, I could recommend he marry, but what can I say now?" |
He didn't specify whether this means that your hands would have babies, or lots of tiny little other hands. | He didn't specify whether this means that your hands would have babies, or lots of tiny little other hands. |
Han was mocked on Turkish social media following the broadcast on May 25, after newspapers published his latest television 'fatwa.' | |
"Are there any hand-gynaecologists in the afterlife? Is abortion allowed there?" one Twitter user asked. | |
"So you think that being pregnant is a God-given punishment?" another user added. | |
'Istimna,' the Arabic term for masturbation, is a controversial issue in Islam and there are questions over whether it is permissible given that it is not clearly referenced in The Quran. | 'Istimna,' the Arabic term for masturbation, is a controversial issue in Islam and there are questions over whether it is permissible given that it is not clearly referenced in The Quran. |
In a similarly baffling claim, an Iranian cleric earlier this month said that earthquakes are caused by promiscuous women. | In a similarly baffling claim, an Iranian cleric earlier this month said that earthquakes are caused by promiscuous women. |
@christophhooton | @christophhooton |