The Difference Between Pre-seminal Fluid and Semen and the Effect of Pre-seminal Fluid on Fasting

The questioner:
This questioner is confused about the distinction between pre-seminal fluid and semen, and he asks: What is the evidence that pre-seminal fluid, unlike semen, breaks the fast?

The Shaykh:
The evidence is the reality of the pre-seminal fluid itself. What is pre-seminal fluid? It is a fluid. As for semen, it is expelled in a gush with pleasure. Pre-seminal fluid flows out without a gush and without any pleasure that you feel. There are differences between them; it is not a single distinction. Yes.

The questioner:
So, does pre-seminal fluid break the fast? May Allah reward you. Pre-seminal fluid?

The Shaykh:
If it comes out because he touched or looked, does it break the fast or not? The school of thought holds that it invalidates his fast because it is a desire, a type of desire.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh:
If it flows out without a cause, it does not harm. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.