Does one's fasting become invalid and require making up for it if one masturbates by merely external touching during a Ramadan day and discharges madhy (pre-seminal fluid)?
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Masturbation is forbidden due to the harms it entails, and its sinfulness increases in , especially during the day. It does not affect the validity of the fast unless semen is discharged. As for the discharge of pre-seminal fluid (), it does not invalidate the fast according to the most preponderant opinion. One must repent to Allah and abstain from it.
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