What is the ruling on someone who experienced a wet dream during the daytime in Ramadan, then masturbated for fear of semen congestion?
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Masturbation is forbidden and its prohibition is intensified in . It invalidates the fast and necessitates making up the day. One must repent from it and make up the day, unless the questioner was unaware of the prohibition of masturbation or that it invalidates the fast, in which case, according to the preponderant opinion, they are not required to make up the day.
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