LessonsKitab al-Sawm: Fasting Hours, Invalidators, Qada and KaffarahQuiz

Quduri places discharge caused by looking alone in the list of events that do not invalidate a fast. The very next ruling, however, requires qaḍāʾ when ejaculation results from kissing or physical touch.

The shared word “ejaculation” does not erase the difference in the preceding cause. A legal answer must consider how the event was brought about.

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Discharge from looking versus touching

Kitab al-Sawm: Fasting Hours, Invalidators, Qada and Kaffarah

Quduri places discharge caused by looking alone in the list of events that do not invalidate a fast. The very next ruling, however, requires qaḍāʾ when ejaculation results from kissing or physical touch.

The shared word “ejaculation” does not erase the difference in the preceding cause. A legal answer must consider how the event was brought about.