Chapter on Ruling of the Forgetful One and the Mistaken One Regarding Fasting

As for what Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa narrated from al-Husayn ibn Said, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Muhammad ibn Abi Hamzah, from Rifaah ibn Musa, who said: I (narrator) asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about ‘a man who touched a slave-girl in the month of Ramadan and emitted pre-seminal fluid (amadha).’ Imam عليه السلام said: “If it was unlawful, then let him seek Allah’s سبحانه وتعالى forgiveness, the seeking of forgiveness of one who will never return (to this act), and let him fast a day in place of a day. And if it was from what is lawful, then let him seek Allah’s سبحانه وتعالى forgiveness and not return (to this act), and let him fast a day in place of a day.”