• If masturbation is accompanied by climax, then it breaks the fast and prayer is not valid unless you do Ghusl. If it is not accompanied by climax, then your prayer and fasting are valid. • If a person masturbates and is ignorant of the ruling that it is obligatory to do Ghusl afterwards and that it invalidates the fast, the majority of scholars are of the view that it is obligatory to make them up. Some scholars are of the view that it is not obligatory.

The majority of scholars view that the time for performing Ghusl on Friday begins from dawn on Friday. Doing it close to the time when you go for Jumu`ah prayer is better. However, one can read Surah Al-Kahf from sunset on Thursday until sunset on Friday.