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Dear Burhan Sahab

asalam-o-alaikum

Please tell me how to get "taharat" in fasting"Rauza" in Ramazan. If one gets "ahtelam" durin fasting, what is the way way to get "tahart" and what is the way of "ghusal"

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Answer:

Wet dream while fasting

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

If one has an ‘ahtelaam’ or wet-dream while in the state of fasting, the fast is valid and does not break due to a wet-dream which is obviously unintentional. Only if sperm is released intentionally, would the fast be considered void, and it must be made up later.

When one realizes he has had an ‘ahtelaam’ or wet-dream, he must purify himself by performing a full bath or ghusl, and continue his fast.

Al-Muwatta Hadith Hadith 2.69

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from A'isha, umm al-muminin, that whenever the Messenger of Allah (saws) did ghusl for major ritual impurity, he would begin by washing his hands, and then do wudu as for prayer. He would then put his fingers in the water and rub the roots of his hair with them. Then he would pour as much water as two hands can hold on to his head three times, and over the entire surface of his skin.

This is the Sunnah of the Prophet(saws) when performing ghusl.

Make intention in your heart that you want to purify yourself for the pleasure of Allah. (There is no particular dua, just an intention in the heart is enough.)

Say, “Bismillah ar Rahmaan ar Raheem”, wash the hands, and do the wudu as one would do for his prayers.

Then have a full shower or bath, and run the water through every part of your body making sure nothing is left dry.

The above is the Sunnah or Way of the Prophet (saws) while performing ‘ghusl’. There are no particular duas that the Prophet used to recite, except to start with ‘Bismillah ar Rahmaan ar Raheem’, and if one intends to follow the Sunnah he should do the ‘ghusl’ as the Prophet (saws) did it.

If for any reason, one just makes intention of ghusl, and then has a full shower or bath (without doing the wudu first), he will be considered ‘taher’ or pure, and available to offer his prayers.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your Brother in Islam,

Burhan