Wet Dream whilst fasting
| Fatwa #788 | Category: Sawm (Fasting) | Country: Zambia | Date: 18th March 2024 |
| Fatwa #788 | Date: 18th March 2024 |
| Category: Sawm (Fasting) | |
| Country: Zambia | |
Question
As-salamu alaykum, I have a question. Today I woke 10 minutes before the sun rise to pray fajr. I was tired and couldn’t wake up sooner and eat suhoor. But when I went to the bathroom I noticed that I may have had a wet dream. I didn’t know what to do as I had little time before I had to pray so that I do not miss the prayer so I couldn’t perform a sunnah ghusl. So I quickly washed the impure area on my body with my left hand and did wudu and prayed. Is my Salah and fast valid. I will proceed to do ghusl and pray fajr again just in case. But I am worried that my fast will not be accepted and that my prayer will count as a missed prayer. Will I have to also perform my fast again after Ramadan? Please help me clear my doubts. jazakallah khair.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Brother in Islam,
Purity is a requirement for Salaah but not for fasting.
A wet dream necessitates ghusl. You are obliged to take ghusl and repeat your Salaah.
However, a wet dream does not invalidate the fast. [1] Your fast is valid. You will not have to make up for this fast after Ramadhaan.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Muhammad Patel
Concurred by
Mufti Nabeel Valli
Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia
بدائع الصنائع في ترتيب الشرائع (2/ 91) [1]
وَلَوْ نَظَرَ إلَى امْرَأَةٍ وَتَفَكَّرَ فَأَنْزَلَ لَمْ يُفْطِرْهُ، وَقَالَ مَالِكٌ: إنْ تَتَابَعَ نَظَرُهُ فَطَّرَهُ لِأَنَّ التَّتَابُعَ فِي النَّظَرِ كَالْمُبَاشَرَةِ
وَلَنَا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُوجَدْ الْجِمَاعُ لَا صُورَةً وَلَا مَعْنًى لِعَدَمِ الِاسْتِمْتَاعِ بِالنِّسَاءِ فَأَشْبَهَ الِاحْتِلَامَ بِخِلَافِ الْمُبَاشَرَةِ
الفتاوى الهندية – ط. دار الفكر (1/ 204)
وإذا نَظَرَ إلَى امْرَأَةٍ بِشَهْوَةٍ في وَجْهِهَا أو فَرْجِهَا كَرَّرَ النَّظَرَ أَوَّلًا لَا يُفْطِرُ إذَا أَنْزَلَ كَذَا في فَتْحِ الْقَدِيرِ وَكَذَا لَا يُفْطِرُ بِالْفِكْرِ إذَا أَمْنَى هَكَذَا في السِّرَاجِ الْوَهَّاجِ
النتف في الفتاوى (1/ 158)
واما من الفرج فسبعة أشياء
أحدها الاحتلام بالنهار…….. والسابع إذا أصبح جنبا