Does Experiencing a Wet Dream Break the Fast in Islam?

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❀ Does Wet Dream (Iḥtilām) Break the Fast? ❀

Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri

❖ Question:

Does a wet dream invalidate the fast?

❖ Answer:

A wet dream does not break the fast.

❖ Statement of Ḥāfiẓ Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr (رحمه الله, 463H):

إن العلماء أجمعوا أن الاحتلام بالنهار لا يفسد الصيام .

“The scholars are unanimously agreed that experiencing a wet dream during the day does not invalidate the fast.”
(Al-Istidhkār, 3/291)