During Ramadan, I have a wet bed (ejaculation while sleeping) before The Fajr prayer.
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Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
For
Ramadan Fasting, I get up for meal before the Fajr Prayer and stop eating with
or even before the Fajr prayer for keeping fast for the day every day.
Do
I have to recite a Dua or any thing (niyat) to fast for the day every day ?
(as to
break fast we have a dua to recite
Extra
Marital affair (as below). What can be done for forgiveness.
: Sex
with Prostitute.
:
Kissing a female (single/married) with passion.
During
Ramadan, I have a wet bed (ejaculation while sleeping) before The Fajr
prayer and I get up for meal and have meal and later after the Fajr Call for
prayer I take bath, Ablution and approach Fajr prayer, Is my fast acceptable.
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Answer:
Wet dream fast
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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: - For
Ramadan Fasting, I get up for meal before the Fajr Prayer and stop eating with
or even before the Fajr prayer for keeping fast for the day every day.
Do I have to recite
a Dua or any thing (niyat) to fast for the day every day ?
(as to break fast we
have a dua to recite
The fact that you have decided and made arrangements to
get up for the pre-dawn meal or ‘suhoor’ is a result of the intention you made
in your heart to fast the following day; and this intention would more than
suffice to fulfill the requirement of ‘neeyah’ or intention to fast.
The intention one makes in one’s heart at the very
beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan to fast the whole month suffices to
fulfill the condition of ‘neeyah’ for fasts; and the fact that one makes
arrangements to prepare to fast the following day by waking up for ‘suhoor’,
taking the pre-dawn meal, etc. is nothing but a result of their intention that
they will fast the following day.
There is absolutely no record or mention in the authentic
and established Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws) whereby he (saws)
recited a specific dua or made a verbal intention when he (saws) began his
fasts for Ramadan. The intention one
holds in one’s heart to fast more than suffices to fulfill the condition of
‘neeyah’ for fasts.
Your Question: as to
break fast we have a dua to recite
There are several supplications recorded from the
Messenger of Allah (saws) when breaking one’s fast in the authentic Sunnah; the
two most popular amongst them are:
1. ‘The thirst has gone,
the glands are wet and, Allah willing, the reward is confirmed.’
2. ‘O Allah, for You I
have fasted and with Your provisions do I break my fast.’
Your Question: -
Extra Marital affair (as below). What can be done for forgiveness.
: Sex with
Prostitute.
: Kissing a female
(single/married) with passion.
Beloved brother, the one and only thing that wipes out the
commission of one’s past sins is sincere repentance or ‘taubah’. If one has in one’s ignorance or swayed by
emotion fallen into sin, the one and only thing that will remove this sin from
their ‘book of records’ is sincere repentance.
Whatever
deeds one might have done, if one turns
to Allah Subhanah in sincere Taubah and seeks forgiveness, Allah Subhanah has promised in the Holy Quran
that He will forgive all the sins of such a believer, even if one has committed the gravest sin of
all: ‘Shirk’! Not only that, our Lord is so Merciful and Generous, that He not only will forgive the sins of the
believer, He will change his evil deeds
done into good deeds!
The conditions or ways to seek
sincere Taubah or Repentance from the Merciful Lord are:
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verses 53-54:
(O Prophet) say: “O My
servants who have wronged their own souls….Do not despair of Allah’s
Mercy! Surely, Allah forgives all sins. He indeed is the All Forgiving, All Merciful. Return to your Lord and submit to Him before
the scourge overtakes you; for then you
may get no help from anywhere.”
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imraan verse 135-136:
Allah likes such good
people very much, who, if ever they
commit a base deed or wrong their own soul by the commission of a sin, remember Allah instantly, and ask for forgiveness from Him for their
shortcomings. For who, but Allah,
can forgive sins? (And Allah
loves those) who do not knowingly persist in the wrongs they did. These will be rewarded with forgiveness from
Allah, and with Gardens beneath which
canals flow, and they will reside
therein forever! How excellent is the
reward of those who do good deeds!
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 25 Surah Furqaan verses 63-71:
The (true) servants of
the Merciful are those who walk humbly on the earth. When the ignorant people behave insolently
towards them, they say, “Peace to you”; (And those) who pass their nights in
prostrating themselves and standing before their Lord and pray, “O our
Lord, save us from the torment of
Hell, for its torment is killing! It is an evil abode, and an evil resting place”. (And those) who, when they spend are neither extravagant, nor miserly,
but keep the golden mean between the two extremes. (And those) who do not invoke any god but Allah
Alone, nor kill a soul unjustly, which Allah has forbidden, nor commit adultery… He who does this shall
be punished for his sin, and his torment
shall be doubled on the Day of Resurrection,
and he shall abide in a state of ignominy; EXCEPT THE ONE WHO MAY HAVE REPENTED (AFTER
THOSE SINS), AND HAVE BELIEVED AND DONE
RIGHTEOUS DEEDS. For then, Allah will change his evil deeds into good
deeds, and He is very Forgiving and
Merciful. In fact, one who repents and does righteous deeds, returns to Allah as one rightly should!
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verse 54:
When those come to you
who believe in Our Signs, say:
"Peace be on you! Your Lord had
inscribed for Himself (the rule of) Mercy.
Verily if any of you did evil in ignorance, and thereafter repented and amended (his
conduct), Lo! He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2357 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "He who
repents of a sin is like him who has committed no sin."
Your Question: -
During Ramadan, I have a wet bed (ejaculation while sleeping) before The
Fajr prayer and I get up for meal and have meal and later after the Fajr Call
for prayer I take bath, Ablution and approach Fajr prayer, Is my fast
acceptable.
Although intentional ejaculation (sexual intercourse,
masturbation, etc.) does indeed invalidate one’s fast, un-intentional
ejaculation (or wet-dream) does not invalidate one’s fast in Shariah.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.153 Narrated by Abu Bakr bin Abdur Rahman
My father and I went to 'Aisha and she said,
"I testify that Allah's Messenger (saws), at times, used to get up in the
morning in a state of ‘Janaba’ (major ceremonial impurity) from sexual
intercourse, not from a wet dream, and then he (saws) would fast that
day." Then he went to Um Salama and she also narrated a similar thing.
Although being in the state of purity is an absolute
pre-condition before one offers their prayer, being in the state of ceremonial
purity is not a pre-condition for starting a fast in Shariah. If
one has sexual intercourse in the night, or experiences a wet-dream during
one’s sleep at night, and only wakes up after the time of ‘fajr’ is due, there
is absolutely no harm in maintaining and continuing their fast.
If one experiences a wet-dream while sleeping, wakes up
and takes the ‘suhoor’ meal, and performs the ‘ghusl’ or full bath of purification
after the time of ‘fajr’ is due…the fast of such a person would be absolutely
valid and acceptable in the Sight of Allah Subhanah, Insha Allah.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
