Is it necessary to perform ghusl if I wake up and find a white fluid that smells like dough, resembles semen, but was discharged without desire?
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Semen has three characteristics upon which its identification depends: its emission with desire, followed by a sensation of relaxation; its smell, which resembles that of palm spathe or dough; and its emission in gushes and spurts. Each one of these characteristics is sufficient to determine that it is semen, and their combination is not a prerequisite. If none of these characteristics are present, it is not considered semen. Accordingly, if the discharge possesses one or more of the characteristics of semen, it necessitates .
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