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What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding making up for the days during Ramadan when a husband and wife engaged in foreplay during daylight hours without penetration, with the woman reaching climax and experiencing lassitude without her knowing the meaning of female ejaculation? Does this entail making up for the days one-for-one, or fasting for two consecutive months? Is expiation obligatory? And must all prayers be made up, knowing that this occurred five years ago or more?

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To determine the obligation of ghusl (ritual bath) and making up for missed fasts and prayers, it is necessary to know whether semen was discharged or not. The mere sensation of a tremor does not necessitate ghusl unless semen is discharged. If semen is discharged and reaches the outer part of the vulva, jurists have differed regarding its ruling.

If semen was discharged due to the aforementioned act, that day's fast must be made up for; continuous fasting for two months is not required.

As for prayers, if prayers were performed before taking ghusl after the discharge of semen, they were performed without taharah (purity). The majority of scholars hold that these prayers must be made up for. In case of doubt regarding the emission of semen, the default is that it did not occur, and nothing is required.

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