Iranian Leader: Don't Masturbate During Ramadan

Iranian Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Khameini recently answered a number of questions online for curious minds and talked about everything from masturbation during the month of Ramadan to marriage contracts.

Khameini is Iran's most powerful political and religious figure. Here are some of the questions and Khameini's answers.

Q: "If somebody masturbates during the month of Ramadan but without any discharge, is his fasting invalidated?"

A: "If he do not intend masturbation and discharging semen and nothing is discharged, his fasting is correct even though he has done a forbidden act. But, if he intends masturbation or he knows that he usually discharges semen by this process and semen really comes out, it is intentional breaking of fasting".

Q: "Once in the holy month of Ramadan, I forgot to brush my teeth, and some tiny bits of food remained in my mouth. I swallowed the bits unintentionally. Do I have to perform the repent for that day's fast?"

A: "If you did not know that some bits of food remained between the teeth, or you did not know that they would reach the throat, and they were swallowed unknowingly and unintentionally, then you are not liable to repent the fast"

Q: "Can a man conclude a marriage contract for a year with a European girl after getting her agreement with the purpose of going to her country?"

A: "There is no problem in that if they are serious in contracting marriage and it is done with her father's permission if she is virgin".

Some of Khameini's other bits of wisdom:

- Only jockeys are permitted to gamble on horse races.
- You are only allowed to "to drink water while standing" at nights.

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