Title: FIRST OF ALL I DID NOT KNEW THAT MASTURBATION BREAKS FASTS.I MASTURBATED DURING RAMZAN FASTS AND THEN I CAME TO KNOW THAT IT BREAKS RAMZAN FASTS.AFTER KNOWING THAT,I THOUGHT MY FASTS IS ALREADY BROKEN DUE TO MASTURBATION .I DRANK WATER DURING THAT FAST. NOW DO I HAVE TO KEEP ONLY QADA ROZA OR GIVE KAFFARAH ALSO.

Question: FIRST OF ALL I DID NOT KNEW THAT MASTURBATION BREAKS FASTS.I MASTURBATED DURING RAMZAN FASTS AND THEN I CAME TO KNOW THAT IT BREAKS RAMZAN FASTS.AFTER KNOWING THAT,I THOUGHT MY FASTS IS ALREADY BROKEN DUE TO MASTURBATION .I DRANK WATER DURING THAT FAST. NOW DO I HAVE TO KEEP ONLY QADA ROZA OR GIVE KAFFARAH ALSO.

Answer ID: 26368Posted on: Sep 1, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 1611/1157/L=1431)

Only the qaza of that fast is wajib not kaffarah. Note that masturbation is haram; hence, it is necessary to do tauba and istighfar.