Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi
Question
Assalamualaykum,
What is a wet dream specifically? Does a wet dream need to include orgasm or only acts before intercourse? If one doesn’t orgasm in the dream, it’s not a wet dream?
Answer
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,
Assalam’aleykum,
I pray this finds you in the best of states.
Dreams that would render a ritual bath (ghusl) to be obligatory upon waking up while seeing ejaculate (mani) or pre-ejaculate (madhi) are dreams in which what was seen was mainly intercourse. [Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]
Intercourse refers to actual penetration. [Tahtawi, Hashiya ‘ala Maraqi al-Falah]
Allah, Most High, has said: “If you are in a state of major impurity, cleanse yourselves well.” [5.6]
And Allah knows best.
Wassalam
[Ustadh] Sufyan Qufi
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani