Must I make up days from last Ramadan because I watched movies containing inappropriate scenes and sometimes did not lower my gaze, and because I am unsure if semen or prostatic fluid was discharged, knowing that semen invalidates the fast?
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It is obligatory to lower the gaze from what is forbidden to look at, such as pornography. The discharge mentioned is most likely pre-seminal fluid (madhiy), and its emission does not invalidate the fast. As for the emission of seminal fluid (mani), it is not established by mere doubt; the default is that it has not been emitted until certainty is achieved. As for prostatic fluid (wady), it usually exits after urination.
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