Fasting: Masturbation in Early Maturity Without Knowing Janābah Rules — What’s Required?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Fasting: Masturbation in Early Maturity Without Knowing Janābah Rules — What’s Required?

English:

Question #788:

Someone at the beginning of ritual maturity fasts during the month of Ramadan, but masturbates while fasting, continuing in this way for some days without knowing that fasting requires him not to be junub. Is it sufficient for him to perform the qaḍā’ of the fasts of those days, or does some other rule apply to him?

Answer #788:

If he does that while fasting knowing that it invalidates the fast, both qaḍā’ and kaffārah are obligatory for him. Any way, if he does not know that but knows that masturbation is harām, in addition to qaḍā’, he should, by obligatory caution, observe kaffārah. However, as for the next days, if he was sure that for fast it is not required to be pure of janābah, neither qaḍā’ nor kaffārah is required. Yet, it is good to observe caution and make up for these fasts in qaḍā’.

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