Question:
Salaam, I was fasting, I was feeling aroused, so I started playing with myself, then pre-ejaculate started coming out, is my fast broken and could you give my advice how to keep my evil desires away. Do I need to do ghusl?
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
Neither is the fast broken nor do you need ghusl but only wudu‘ and repentence from disrespecting Ramadan. Give sadaqa and control yourself as these few precious days can never come back. A single day of Ramadan that one violates can never be made up even if one were to fast every day for the rest of one’s life. Your desires are not evil but just bad habits or lack of control; if not kept in check they can bring evil into your life, and you don’t want that. Keep good company, good thoughts and good practices for your happiness here and hereafter.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
