Is the wetness found in the underwear upon waking up, which was not inspected beforehand, considered merely a trace of istinja' and not semen?
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Your disregard of the wetness and considering it to be from the effect of water used for ' (washing after defecation or urination) is correct, because the default assumption is that semen has not been discharged, and doubt carries no weight. Searching and investigating this leads to [excessive] whispering [from Shaytan] (waswasa) and hardship. Some scholars have even considered it among the innovations [in religion]. It is advisable to turn away from and not pay attention to them.
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