1. Is the contraction of the uterine muscles during sleep with pleasure, without seeing a dream, followed by the discharge of a clear white fluid with urine upon waking, then a clear yellowish fluid hours later, considered a wet dream? 2. Is it possible for semen to be discharged many hours after a wet dream? 3. If I performed ghusl after seeing the clear white fluid (thinking it was madhy due to lack of distinction), then saw the yellowish fluid hours later, is this yellowish fluid maniyy and does it necessitate ghusl again, knowing that the characteristics of the two fluids are different? 4. Does female circumcision help reduce wet dreams?
If you wake up and find traces of semen (mani) on your clothes, you must perform ghusl (ritual bath), whether you remember having had a wet dream or not. If you do not find any wetness, then ghusl is not obligatory, even if you saw yourself having a wet dream. If you had a wet dream but did not find anything, and then hours later semen (mani) was discharged from you, then ghusl is obligatory according to the majority of scholars. However, Abu Yusuf from the Hanafis holds that ghusl is not obligatory unless its discharge is accompanied by pleasure. It is more cautious to follow the opinion of the majority, though it is permissible to follow Abu Yusuf's opinion in times of difficulty. If what is discharged after urination is not semen (mani), but rather wadi (thick white fluid) or madhi (pre-ejaculatory fluid), then ghusl is not obligatory upon you. When in doubt between semen (mani) or madhi, it should be considered semen (mani) and ghusl should be performed, or one may choose between them. If one is in doubt among semen (mani), madhi, and wadi, then ghusl is not obligatory.
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