Is the full ritual bath obligatory if one wakes up from sleep and finds moisture, but does not know whether it is pre-seminal fluid or semen?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, for example, O Shaykh, if a person wakes up from sleep and finds moisture, but does not know whether it is pre-seminal fluid or semen, is the full ritual bath obligatory in this case?
The Shaykh : He does not know whether it is semen or pre-seminal fluid.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : In most cases, only semen comes out of a sleeping person, because pre-seminal fluid comes out either during caressing or when relieving oneself of the need to urinate. In any case, the color of semen differs from that of pre-seminal fluid, especially if it is dry; by rubbing it, it becomes clear whether it is semen or not.
So, in most cases, it is semen. In any case, this depends on the person affected, because he knows; for example, if a person’s habit is not to emit pre-seminal fluid, but his habit is to emit semen, then this question does not arise at all.
But it may be that sometimes he emits pre-seminal fluid and sometimes he emits semen. However, one looks at his habit: does he emit pre-seminal fluid while sleeping, as happens with young men? The important point is that the matter requires each person to judge for himself after he has gained some understanding of what I mentioned earlier. Yes.
The Shaykh : He does not know whether it is semen or pre-seminal fluid.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : In most cases, only semen comes out of a sleeping person, because pre-seminal fluid comes out either during caressing or when relieving oneself of the need to urinate. In any case, the color of semen differs from that of pre-seminal fluid, especially if it is dry; by rubbing it, it becomes clear whether it is semen or not.
So, in most cases, it is semen. In any case, this depends on the person affected, because he knows; for example, if a person’s habit is not to emit pre-seminal fluid, but his habit is to emit semen, then this question does not arise at all.
But it may be that sometimes he emits pre-seminal fluid and sometimes he emits semen. However, one looks at his habit: does he emit pre-seminal fluid while sleeping, as happens with young men? The important point is that the matter requires each person to judge for himself after he has gained some understanding of what I mentioned earlier. Yes.