Istimna (Masturbation) If a person...

Istimna (Masturbation) If a person, who is observing fast, performs masturbation (Istimna), his fast becomes void. (The meaning of Istimna has been given in rule no. 773/iii.) If semen is discharged from the body of a person involuntraily, his fast does not become void. Even if a person observing fast knows that if he sleeps during the day time he will become Muhtalim (i.e. semen will be discharged from his body during sleep) it is permissible for him to sleep.

And if he becomes Muhtalim, his fast does not become void. If a person who is observing fast, wakes up from sleep while ejacualtion is taking place, it is not obligatory on…