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i want to know that when we are sleeping with wife and befor starting sex we both discharge a sticky Liquid which wets our cloths, should we change the cloth if we have not made intercourse and mouny has not not discharge,

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Answer:

Mani madhi

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Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 1.10

Wadi is a thick white secretion discharged (by some people) after urination. It is considered impure. Aishah said, " Wadi comes out after urination. The person should wash the private parts and perform ablution. It is not necessary to perform ghusl. This is related by Ibn al-Mundhir. Ibn 'Abbas related that "mani” (ejaculation or full sexual discharge) requires ghusl. As for “madhi” (prostatic fluid or initial sexual discharge) and ‘wadi’ they require a complete purification." This is related by al-Athram. Al-Baihaqi has it with the wording, "Concerning ‘madhi’ and ‘wadi’, he said, 'Wash your sexual organs and perform the same type of ablution as you perform for prayer."'

Other than urine, there are basically three types of discharges that are released from one’s private organs:

1. Wadi (a thick white secretion immediately after urination by some people)
2. Madhi (a sort of slow release of lubricant just prior to a full sexual discharge)
3. Mani (a full sexual discharge)

If only Wadi or Madhi is released, one does not require a ‘ghusl’ or full bath to purify himself; he must wash his private parts and the part of his clothes or body where the ‘wadi’ or ‘madhi’ has touched, do the wudu, and he would be available for prayer.

If Mani is released, then it becomes obligatory to perform a ‘ghusl’ or full bath to purify oneself before making oneself available for prayer.

Your Question: i want to know that when we are sleeping with wife and befor starting sex we both discharge a sticky Liquid which wets our cloths, should we change the cloth if we have not made intercourse and mouny has not not discharge, 

The ‘sticky liquid’ which is released prior to the release of ‘mani’ or full-sexual discharge is known as the ‘madhi’ in Islamic Jurisprudence terminology.

If one intends to enjoy conjugal relations with one’s wife, then a ‘ghusl’ would indeed be obligatory upon the husband and the wife before they make themselves available for prayer.

But if only the ‘madhi’ is released and one for any reason does not have full sexual intercourse, one need not change one’s clothes nor would a ‘ghusl’ or full bath be obligatory in Shariah; one should simply wash one’s private parts and the parts of the body and clothes where the ‘madhi’ might have touched, perform their wudu, and make themselves available for prayer.

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Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan