Is it permissible to use cologne as a fragrance, and is it impure?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is it permissible to use cologne as a fragrance? And is it impure?
Answer:
If it intoxicates—if this fragrance intoxicates or is used for intoxication—it is forbidden and must be destroyed because it is khamr (intoxicants). But if it does not intoxicate, it is permissible. The criterion is intoxication: whatever intoxicates is khamr. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The criterion is intoxication. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is it permissible to use cologne as a fragrance? And is it impure?
Answer:
If it intoxicates—if this fragrance intoxicates or is used for intoxication—it is forbidden and must be destroyed because it is khamr (intoxicants). But if it does not intoxicate, it is permissible. The criterion is intoxication: whatever intoxicates is khamr. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whatever intoxicates in large quantity, its small quantity is forbidden. And he said: Every intoxicant is khamr, and every khamr is forbidden.
ما أسكر كثيره فقليله حرام، وقال كل مسكر خمر، وكل خمر حرام،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [385 -954] هل يجوز التعطُّر بمادة الكلونيا، وهلْ هِيَ نَجِسَة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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