What is the ruling on using and selling perfumes that contain alcohol?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on using and selling perfumes that contain alcohol?
Answer:
If it is established that it contains alcohol, it is not permissible to sell it, because alcohol is khamr (intoxicants), and it is not permissible to sell khamr. The criterion for this is that if it causes intoxication when drunk, then it contains alcohol, and it is haram (forbidden); it must be destroyed. But if it does not cause intoxication when drunk, then it is not khamr; if it contained alcohol, it would have caused intoxication. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on using and selling perfumes that contain alcohol?
Answer:
If it is established that it contains alcohol, it is not permissible to sell it, because alcohol is khamr (intoxicants), and it is not permissible to sell khamr. The criterion for this is that if it causes intoxication when drunk, then it contains alcohol, and it is haram (forbidden); it must be destroyed. But if it does not cause intoxication when drunk, then it is not khamr; if it contained alcohol, it would have caused intoxication. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [128 -521] ما حكم استعمال وبيع العطور التي تحتوي على الكحول؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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