Fasting: Habitual Masturbation in Ramadan: What About Past Prayers and Fasts?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Fasting: Habitual Masturbation in Ramadan: What About Past Prayers and Fasts?

English:

Question #783:

For a number of years, a person was in the habit of masturbating during the month of Ramadan and at other times. What is the rule regarding his prayers and fasts?

Answer #783:

Masturbation is absolutely prohibited. When it leads to discharge of semen, it makes one junub. To masturbate while fasting amounts to breaking the fast by ḥarām means. If one performs prayers and fasts in the state of janābah, i.e., without performing ghusl or tayammum, his prayers and fasting are void and he must perform their qaḍā’.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Fasting