Is ghusl obligatory if semen—thick and white—is discharged after waking up and before urinating, without having seen a wet dream, and its discharge was without gushing or pleasure?
It appears that the discharge mentioned is Wadd, and its ruling is like that of urine, necessitating the purification of the body and clothes from it, and it only requires ablution (Wudu'). If it is assumed that it is semen discharged without pleasure, then it does not necessitate ritual bathing (Ghusl) according to the majority of scholars, and this is the most preponderant opinion.
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