Is it permissible for me to choose between semen (manī) and pre-seminal fluid (madhī) regarding the liquid I found after unintentionally looking at an actress during a Ramadan day, and would my fast be invalidated if it were semen, knowing that I am of the Shafi'i madhhab?
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The man's maniyy (sperm) is white and thick, discharged with desire, gushing forth in successive spurts, followed by a sensation of relaxation. Its smell is like that of date palm pollen. Some of these characteristics may be lost due to illness or a slackening of its container.
What is discharged when thinking about desire or seeing something desired is usually madhy (pre-seminal fluid), and it does not invalidate the fast according to the majority of scholars.
Attention must be paid to the impermissibility of looking at forbidden images, and the sin is magnified in Ramadan.
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