Suara.com – Fasting is not only holding back thirst and hunger, but also holding back lust from various things that cancel it. So, what about watching porn? Remember, not a few people find it difficult to resist the temptation to watch porn, including during Ramadan.
This makes many people wonder if their fast is invalidated after watching porn, even though they don’t ejaculate? As quoted by East Java NU, normatively, the sight of something with lust is not included from things that break fasting. This is based on the book of Imam An-Nawawi, Raudhatut Thalibin wa Umdatul Muftin.
“If sperm comes out (ejaculate) because of masturbation, then one’s fast is invalidated. But if semen comes out purely with thoughts and looking at it with desire, then the fast is not invalidated. Meanwhile, ejaculation is caused by physical contact with other than genitals, touching, or kissing, then the fast is cancelled.”
This is the view of the Shafi’i sect. This is also the view of the majority of scholars. (See: Imam An-Nawawi, Raudhatut Thalibin wa Umdatul Muftin (Beirut, Darul Fikr: 2005 M/1425-1426 H), volume II, page: 247).
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However, Ustadz Ahmad Zahrudin M. Nafis on his YouTube channel, explains what things prevent a person from getting a reward even though he has fasted from sunrise to sunset.
This is written in Kitab al-Taqrirat al-Sadidah fi al-Masail al-Mufidah quoted by Ustad Ahmad on pages 448-449.
“That is, someone who observes fasting, if he does this, he will not get a reward from Allah SWT,” explained Ustad Ahmad as Suara.com. quote on Tuesday (28/3/2023).
Some things that invalidate the reward of fasting, he continued, include looking at something that is haram or halal and can be seen, but with lust.
“What is meant by lust? The author of the book explains that, in fact, a person feels ‘delicious’ when he sees it. Now, when someone sees a program that increases his lust or libido, he feels that he is enjoying it, meaning he is looking at something with passion,” he said Again.
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So, he said, what a loss those who fast from dawn to sunset, but do not get any reward, instead get sin.
Of course we don’t want our fasting to be in vain with Allah SWT just because we watch porn videos, right?
