The Ruling on Using Perfume Containing Alcohol
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on using perfumes that contain a percentage of alcohol on clothing, and praying in them? Are they impure, thereby preventing the validity of the prayer?
The Shaykh:
There has been much discussion on this, but what is said is that if it is established that it contains alcohol, and if drinking it causes intoxication, then it is khamr (intoxicants). If drinking it causes intoxication, it is khamr, and its fragrance is considered from khamr. But if it does not cause intoxication, it is not from khamr. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah...
The Shaykh:
By the presence of intoxication for whoever drinks or smells it; the presence of intoxication in it, meaning it is called khamr. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So its large quantity is forbidden. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on using perfumes that contain a percentage of alcohol on clothing, and praying in them? Are they impure, thereby preventing the validity of the prayer?
The Shaykh:
There has been much discussion on this, but what is said is that if it is established that it contains alcohol, and if drinking it causes intoxication, then it is khamr (intoxicants). If drinking it causes intoxication, it is khamr, and its fragrance is considered from khamr. But if it does not cause intoxication, it is not from khamr. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah...
The Shaykh:
By the presence of intoxication for whoever drinks or smells it; the presence of intoxication in it, meaning it is called khamr. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whatever intoxicates in small quantity, its large quantity is forbidden,
ما أسكر قليله فكثيره حرام،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [706- 4717] حكم استعمال الطيب المشتمل على الكحول - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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