Iran's supreme leader answers questions on masturbation and other topics on his websiteDeliberate masturbation during the month of Ramadan renders a fast invalid, Iranian Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Khameini has ruled.
| "Go stretching your doinker and you might as well have a ham sammitch and a beer. Same thing." |
"If he do not intend masturbation and discharging semen and nothing is discharged, his fasting is correct even though he has done a ḥarām (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 a ḥaram intentional breaking fasting," the Iranian leader said, posting the reply on his website.Another reader asked: "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 qaḍa (repent) for that day's fast?"
"It's kinda the same thing as breaking your fast during the day, only not chewing. So just forget the whole idea unless there's a holy man involved."
"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 make (repent) of the fast," said Khameini.'Drink water while standing'
On the website, Khameini also tells Iranians that only jockeys are permitted to gamble on horse races.