 Continue on with our previous discussion and that is in the Mufattirat and that which deems the fast invalid. We've reached the point inshallah we are going to discuss the topic of sexual intercourse. Now often when discussing sexual intercourse in terms of sahum fasting it's a topic where many misconceptions arise. Why? Because it's a taboo topic. It's not often mentioned on the pulpit on a member or on camera because for the reason that many of my Shia brothers and sisters become shy once mentioning the topic of for example sexual intercourse and masturbation but it must be tackled under the basis of laa haiaaa fiddin inshallah I'm going to try and take on this topic from its several corners. Sexual intercourse invalidates one's fast if either there is penetration past the point of the top of the male organ or if there is ejaculation from either side which means if the male penetrates the female to further than the point of the top of the male organ both become they invalidates the fast of both of them the man and the woman but if for example there is no penetration and one of either the man or the female ejaculates he who ejaculates his fast is deemed invalid or void he who does not his fastest is still considered valid if the penetration is less than the top of the male organ the fast is still considered valid for the both of them unless there is ejaculation sometimes for example we are asked that is foreplay permissible whilst fasting if one is to engage in foreplay and knows for a fact that he will ejaculate throughout this foreplay this foreplay becomes haram but if one knows for a fact that he will not ejaculate through this foreplay his the foreplay is there is no issue with his with the foreplay but if there does happen if there is if there is ejaculation throughout this foreplay anyone knows that he is about to ejaculate through if he does undertake this foreplay then his fast is the invalid and he must perform the Qadar and must pay the the Qafara. When mentioning the top of the male organ scholars mean the point of circumcision so when we say there is penetration to pass the top of the male organ the top is the point of circumcision. If some sort of sexual activity takes place and one doubts whether there is penetration or not so whether it was penetration past the point of circumcision or not. As an obligatory precaution his fast is given the void ruling it is considered void and it is necessary for him to observe the Qabar the makeup fast however it is not obligatory on him to pay the Qafara why because he did not purposely try to penetrate he was he doubted whether it penetrated or not but if he does purposely try to penetrate even if it does not mean there was penetration so long as there was as we mentioned a few episodes ago there was a shakiness in the intention of the one fasting. If one forgets that he or she is observing a fast and engages in any sort of sexual intercourse he or she is not he or she he or her fast is not considered void however if they remember during the sexual intercourse they must abstain they must stop automatically straight away and withdraw if they do not for even a few seconds afterwards the fast is considered invalid. Okay so how about if someone is forced into sexual intercourse. When I'm enforced into sexual intercourse I'm in literally forced not that someone is putting pressure on you to have sexual intercourse I mean someone that is forced there is left helpless and they cannot resist for example they are threatened there is some sort of risk if they resist but but for your partner for example being upset is not saying your partner is forcing you if your partner says if you do not engage in sexual intercourse I will become upset with you that's not being forced forced I mean you're left literally helpless if someone's forced into sexual intercourse scholars say that that the one physically forced is not to be blamed and their fast is considered correct but the one that is compelled the one that is compelling the the the one that is compelling the second party into the sexual intercourse their fast is considered void and they must pay two kafarat not one if the male forces the female inter sexual intercourse he must his fast his void must repeat the fast and he must pay two kafarat instead of one one for him and one for the the female if it's the other way around for example if a female literally forces a man forces by force forces a man inter sexual intercourse his sorry her fast is considered invalid and she must pay only one kafarat now which leads us on to the second topic which is masturbation or a stamina a stamina is the arabic terminology for masturbation if a person is observing a fast and during this fast he or she masturbates their fast is considered void and invalid if semen is discharged from a person's body involuntarily whilst fasting that fast does not become void involuntarily for any reason it could be for example whilst one is asleep for example being forced involuntarily some scholars deem the fast to be correct others say no one must make up the kafa and not pay kafarat there is a bit of a there's a bit of a difference here if someone who is observing a fast knows that if he falls asleep during the day he will become muhtalim or mujtanib he will ejaculate throughout his sleep involuntarily if he sleeps he will see what we call holum and he will involuntarily ejaculate throughout his sleep he's allowed to sleep whilst fasting there is no issue with his sleep whilst fasting even though he does wake up later on and find that he did ejaculate for any reason and if he becomes muhtalim his fast is not considered void so if he does ejaculate throughout his sleep his fast is not considered void his fast is still considered valid inshallah a fasting person who has become muhtalim can urinate after waking up so someone who is asleep and ejaculates throughout his sleep once waking up can urinate even if he knows this urine will push out and flush out more particles of semen why because the istimna or the sorry the ehtilam the ejaculation has already happened it's already taking place and the only way to do the tatheer to do the cleansing or the purification of from one's janaaba from one's semen is through is through urine that is all inshallah we have time for today inshallah ta'ala will continue on with our topic in our discussion in the next episode wa salaamu alaikum jami'an wa rahmatullahi ta'ala wa barakatuh