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Dear Sir,

I am new muslim(ulkhumdulilah). But I have very complicated problem. The problem is:

"Whenever I go to bathroom in order to to exclude(Hajaat) whatever I have eaten, the my semen drops come and they come each time when i do hajaat(tuty).This problem is causing decrease in my health and it is continueing for five years but i hesitate to tell the doctor.I shall be thankful to if you tell me the causes of this problem and the remedy as well.

Cordially Yours

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Answer:

Wadi 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 uniration 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.

But when the ‘Mani’ or a full sexual discharge is released, it would become obligatory for the person to perform a ‘ghusl’ or full bath to purify oneself before making oneself available for prayer.

Your Question:….the my semen drops come and they come each time when i do hajaat

Beloved brother, the semen or ‘mani’ discharge is only released when one reaches one full state of climax in a sexual situation, and it is highly unlikely that whenever you pass stools the ‘mani’ is released. From what you have related it seems most probable that what is being released is the ‘wadi’, thus all you need to do is wash your private parts and the part of the clothes where the ‘wadi’ discharge might have touched, perform the ‘wudu’ and make yourself available for prayer. There is absolutely no obligation to perform the full bath of ‘ghusl’ when the ‘wadi’ is released.

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Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan