Does unintentional movement during a wet dream, which aids in the exit of semen, make it masturbation and not a wet dream?
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Masturbation is the deliberate expulsion of semen by hand or other movements for unlawful pleasure, and it is forbidden. As for the expulsion of semen through a wet dream, it is not considered masturbation and there is no sin in it, because it is beyond a person's control, even if it is accompanied by an unintentional movement.
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