If a person fell asleep in state of arousal (Shahwat) and cannot remember the dream, is Ghusl still Waajib upon him?
Query 1:
If a person fell asleep in state of arousal (Shahwat) and cannot remember the dream, is Ghusl still Waajib upon him?
Answer:
If before sleeping he was in a state of arousal and the male organ was erect then when he woke up, he found traces of it and there is a predominant likelihood of it being ‘Mazee’ i.e. pre-ejaculation fluid, but he cannot remember the dream, then Ghusl is not Waajib unless there is a predominant likelihood of it being ‘Manee’, i.e. semen.
Query 2:
What happens in the case if before he went to sleep he had no feeling of sexual arousal?
Answer:
If before he went to sleep he had no feeling of sexual arousal at all or if he did have a feeling of sexual arousal but it had already subsided just before going to sleep and that which was emitted was already cleaned out i.e. thinking it is nothing related, then in this case there is no need for there to be a predominant likelihood of it being semen; the mere presumption that it could be semen is sufficient in this scenario to cause the Ghusl to become Waajib. This law is a common one and yet many are unaware of it. We must pay careful attention to this.
References:
Bahar e Shariat vol. 2, Sadr al-Shariah Allama Amjad Ali Aazmi
[ English Translation ]
Mufti Afthab Cassim al-Qadri Ridawi Noori,
Imam Mustafa Raza Research Center,
Durban, South Africa.