What is the ruling concerning my past prayers in which I used to perform ablution without changing clothes after the emission of madhy (pre-seminal fluid), due to my ignorance of the ruling regarding that? And is ghusl (ritual bath) required after meeting a beloved?
The relationship between the sexes outside of marriage is forbidden by Islamic law. Madhy (pre-seminal fluid) is impure, but prayer performed in clothes stained with it does not need to be repeated by someone who was ignorant of its impurity. Some scholars hold that whoever prays with an impurity, being ignorant of it, does not need to repeat the prayer. Ghusl (ritual bath) is not obligatory merely by a man and a woman meeting; rather, it becomes obligatory upon the emission of semen, or upon sexual intercourse, regardless of whether ejaculation occurs or not.
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