Aslam

Praise be to Allah.Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“If

you are in a state of Janaabah (i.e. after a sexual discharge), purify

yourselves (bathe your whole body)”

[al-Maa’idah 5:6]

Junub

(the person who is in a state of janaabah) refers to the person

who has emitted maniy which gushes forth, accompanied by feelings

of pleasure.

“Gushing forth” refers to the aayah

where Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“So

let man see from what he is created!

He is created from a water gushing

forth”

[al-Taariq 86:5-6]

If the maniy is emitted whilst a person is awake, with no feelings

of pleasure,  then he does not have to do ghusl. With regard to

the hadeeth of the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “Water is for water” (narrated

by Muslim, al-Hayd, 518), it is to be interpreted as referring to the

regular case, when maniy is emitted accompanied by feelings of

pleasure, and results in tiredness and exhaustion. But with regard to

that which is not accompanied by feelings of pleasure, it is does not

result in tiredness and exhaustion.

Hence they said that this water (maniy)

has three characteristics:

1.It comes out gushing.

2.Its smell when it has dried is

like the smell of eggs, and if it is not dry its smell is like that

of mud and pollen.

3.Tiredness of the body after it

is emitted.

See al-Sharh al-Mumti’ by Ibn

‘Uthaymeen, part 1, p. 277-278.

The Standing Committee was asked about

the obligation of doing ghusl after experiencing a wet dream. They replied:

It is clear that ghusl is obligatory

when maniy comes out gushing, accompanied by feelings of pleasure,

when one is awake, and if it happens, regardless of how it comes out,

when one is asleep, because Imaam Ahmad narrated from ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib

(may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “If water gushes,

then do ghusl, and if it does not gush, then do not do ghusl.”

Fataawa Islamiyyah,

vol. 1, p. 216

It was also narrated by Abu Dawood and

al-Nasaa’i that ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “My madhiy

(prostatic fluid) flowed excessively and I used to keep taking baths

until (the skin of) my back cracked. I mentioned that to the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) – or that was mentioned

to him – and the Messenger of Allaah

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: ‘Do not do that. If

you see madhiy, then wash your penis and do wudoo’ as you do

for prayer, but if water gushes out [i.e., maniy or semen], then

do ghusl.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood, al-Tahaarah, 178; al-Nasaa’i,

al-Tahaarah, 193. Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh

Sunan Abi Dawood, no. 187).

Ibn Al-Manzoor said: This indicates

that if anything other than that is emitted when one is awake, or it

flows because of sickness, then he does not have to do ghusl.

Ibn ‘Aabideen said: If it – i.e., maniy

– is emitted because of being beaten or because of carrying a heavy

load on one's back, then in our view he does not have to do ghusl.

Al-Dardeer said: If it is emitted without

feelings of pleasure, rather it flows or comes because of being beaten

or being stung by a scorpion, then he does not have to do ghusl.

The

Hanbalis and the Shaafa’is, according to the more correct of the two

views, stated that if a man’s back is broken and maniy comes

out of him, and it does not come from the penis, then he does not have

to do ghusl. The Hanbalis stated clearly that the ruling in this

case is like regular kinds of najaasah.

See al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah, vol. 31, p. 197.

And Allaah knows best.