What is the ruling on using scents that contain alcohol?
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Question:
May Allah forgive you. Abu al-Fadilah, this questioner says: What is the ruling on applying alcoholic scents to clothing, and are they actually among the impurities?
Answer:
If it is derived from alcohol and intoxicates, it is impure, because khamr (intoxicants) is impure. So if these perfumes or these alcoholic substances, if a person drinks them, they intoxicate, then they are haram (forbidden), whether in small or large amounts. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Whatever is intoxicating in large quantities, a small amount of it is haram (forbidden)." So it is not permissible to use it, and even a small amount must be poured out. The khamr (intoxicants) that must be poured out and not inhaled; because it is impure and a work of Shaytan (Satan). But if it does not intoxicate, there is no harm in using it.
May Allah forgive you. Abu al-Fadilah, this questioner says: What is the ruling on applying alcoholic scents to clothing, and are they actually among the impurities?
Answer:
If it is derived from alcohol and intoxicates, it is impure, because khamr (intoxicants) is impure. So if these perfumes or these alcoholic substances, if a person drinks them, they intoxicate, then they are haram (forbidden), whether in small or large amounts. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Whatever is intoxicating in large quantities, a small amount of it is haram (forbidden)." So it is not permissible to use it, and even a small amount must be poured out. The khamr (intoxicants) that must be poured out and not inhaled; because it is impure and a work of Shaytan (Satan). But if it does not intoxicate, there is no harm in using it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم وضع روائح بها كحول؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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