What is the ruling on the prayer, fasting, and 'Umrah of one who used to practice masturbation out of ignorance of its ruling, and must he make up for what he missed?
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Masturbation is forbidden and has serious harms. The emission of prostatic fluid (wady) during fasting does not invalidate it. A sheep is to be distributed among the poor of the if masturbation was among the prohibitions of , but in the case of ignorance, nothing is required.
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