What is the ruling on reading novels while fasting, if reading them causes prostatic fluid (madhy) to be discharged?
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The emission of pre-seminal fluid (madhy) does not invalidate the fast, according to the more preponderant opinion of the scholars. The fasting person should refrain from anything that arouses desire, fearing that they might fall into something that would invalidate their fast.
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