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What is the ruling on delaying breakfast (iftar) and hastening predawn meal (suhoor), and is it permissible to swim while fasting if water accidentally enters the body, and does the emission of prostatic fluid (madhy) invalidate fasting, and is paying money to free a detainee considered an act of freeing a slave (itq al-raqabah), and is there a prophetic hadith that recommends dealing with disbelievers without trusting them?

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It is prescribed for the fasting person to break their fast once the setting of the sun is confirmed. It is permissible for the fasting person to swim, provided they are careful not to let water enter their abdomen. The emission of pre-seminal fluid (madhi) does not invalidate the fast. Paying money to release someone unjustly detained is considered an act of freeing captives. Caution should be exercised when dealing with people of falsehood.

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