Wet dream (ihtilam)

احتلام

Ihtilam is emission of semen during sleep; it happens to both men and women. ¹ On how it is realised in a woman, the jurists differ: the Hanbalis, the Hanafis in the apparent report, and the Shafi'is for a married woman hold that it occurs when the fluid reaches the outer part of the private parts; the Malikis hold that it occurs when it leaves the passage. ¹ A man who finds wetness without remembering a dream must perform ghusl by the majority; where he doubts between semen and madhy the views differ. ^{2 3} Ihtilam does not affect fasting, and by agreement it marks puberty. ^{3 4}