Posted on 10/04/2006 11:20:57 AM PDT by Alouette
Iran's supreme leader answers questions on masturbation and other topics on his website
Yaakov Lappin Published: 10.04.06, 19:55
Deliberate masturbation during the month of Ramadan renders a fast invalid, Iranian Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Khameini has ruled.
Khameini, who is Iran's most powerful political and religious figure, was asked on his website : "If somebody masturbates during the month of Ramadan but without any discharge, is his fasting invalidated?"
"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?"
"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.
He is also asked whether it is permissible for a man to marry a woman only in order to be able to live in his wife's country. "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 reader asked.
"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," Khameini ruled.
The Iranian leader also told readers they were allowed to "to drink water while standing" at nights. It was "not permissible" to take part in meetings attended by both men and women, he told another reader.
"In Islam's view, rulers and governments exist just to serve people and carry out works in the interest of the public and this is what God demands us, as authorities, to fulfill," Khamenei was quoted Tuesday telling Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Well, thank you for sharing that with us, Dave.
I have NEVER heard it put so, um, er, eloquently.
So I did! "Willie and the Hand Jive" too.
Ramadan sucks. The best bar in the Green Zone is shut down for the duration.
I'll ask some of my students to get blotto on your behalf. I doubt I'll have trouble finding volunteers.
Dude, how could you forget "Stroke Me" by Billy Squier?
Oh, we managed. We bought said booze and beer at the liquor store (which is OPEN for Ramadan, but the BAR is closed because of Ramadan), invited everyone to the villa we work in and had an impromptu party.
We just find our own little ways to celebrate Ramadan. ;-)
I think that would be worth the effort -- just to see what happens.
Well, there ya have it.
From the mouths of Holy Men to your ears, bucko.
So.
...when's Ramadan? ;^)
If you don't touch yourself during Ramadan then the Muslims win. This has been a PSA.
Seinfeld: The Contest
Put me on----I need all the laughs I can get.
Violation of FR rules to post that photo without a burka.
ping!
But rape-orgies are permitted! :-P
You're in! Enjoy!
I see a loop-hole but it involves empty whiskey bottles, a dead monkey, and a vacuum cleaner.
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