Ghusl when mani comes out without desire

Question

If, because of an illness, a drop of mani comes out of a person after urinating or before it, and there is an erection in the private organ, but no pleasure or enjoyment is felt — is ghusl fard for such a person in this case or not? One mufti says that ghusl will be fard, because erection and pleasure are one and the same thing, and this is what is written in Alamgiri. Another mufti says that without pleasure and gushing emission (dafq) ghusl will not be fard, and this is also supported by al-Hidaya and Shami.

Answer

This erection and discharge do not necessitate ghusl when they are not accompanied by pleasure and gushing emission (dafq). To call mere erection pleasure and desire (shahwa) is not correct, because it occurs even in such small children as are entirely incapable of desire; if such small children have intercourse, the marriage prohibition arising through affinity is not…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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