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IRSYAD HUKUM KHAS RAMADHAN #88: KELUAR MANI DI SIANG HARI RAMADHAN
Is a person's fast valid if he finds that semen was emitted during the day in Ramadan when he wakes from sleep?
Short answer
The fast is not invalidated for a person who emits semen while asleep, since it happens beyond his will and control.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum Edisi Ramadhan
- Topic
- Fasting
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The fast is not invalidated for a person who emits semen while asleep, since it happens beyond his will and control. The condition is that the emission occurs by itself and not because of intimate acts such as kissing or masturbation. In the Shafi'i school, deliberate emission through direct touch breaks the fast, but looking or thinking without touch does not.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Untuk itu, kami katakan bahawa tidak batal puasa bagi orang yang keluar air mani ketika tidur dengan syarat air mani itu keluar dengan sendirinya bukannya dengan sebab-sebab kemesraan.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM KHAS RAMADHAN #88: KELUAR MANI DI SIANG HARI RAMADHAN”, 31 May 2017. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/edisi-ramadhan/813-irsyad-al-fatwa-khas-ramadhan-87-keluar-mani-di-siang-hari-ramadhan. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/semen-emission-while-asleep-ramadan-fast/