2. Ahmad ibn Muhammad from has narrated from abu Yahya al-Wasitiy from ‘Isma’il al-Basriy from Zurarah ibn ’A‘yun who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah , about one’s playing to cause his semen to discharge. He (the Imam) said, ‘He is like going to bed with himself and there is no punishment on him (but it is like fornication as regards to sinfulness).”’