Darul Ifta Ibn Masood

Wet dream while fasting

· 9 Jumada I 1445 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If you’re fasting, and you dream that you’re masturbating, but you wake up in a shock and you still feel that excitement. Would this constitute as a wet dream and therefore necessitate Ghusl? Would such a dream break the fast?

Answer

A wet dream is an erotic dream that causes involuntary ejaculation of semen. A dream where one is seen masturbating is not necessarily a wet dream, even though one finds some degree of excitement on awakening. If one awakens after observing such a dream but doesn’t find any wetness, then the fast will be intact and there is no need to take a Ghusl.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

واحتلام بلا بلل (نور الايضاح -فصل في ما لا يوجب الاغتسال)

فإن نام فاحتلم لم يفطر ” لقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم ” ثلاث لا يفطرن الصائم القيء والحجامة والاحتلام ” ولأنه لم توجد صورة الجماع ولا معناه وهو الإنزال عن شهوة بالمباشرة (الهداية ص120 ج1)

Answered by
Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani
Checked & approved by
Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb
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