Cologne and the alcohol in it
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Question:
I have read a report by one of the doctors regarding cologne. He stated that some cologne contains liquid alcohol, while other types contain solid alcohol. One of them is lethal, and it is the type that the Ministry of Commerce has permitted to be sold. The other type is not lethal and is used to sterilize surgical instruments. Do you have any knowledge about this?
Answer:
What we know is that we have asked the doctors repeatedly, and they mentioned that it contains an intoxicating substance, and that this substance can reach eighty percent in spirit, in this known medicine called cologne. It is undoubtedly intoxicating, and sometimes it can be lethal. It can kill due to the intensity of the heat in it; it can kill its user. This is what has reached us from the doctors. Therefore, it is forbidden because of what it contains of
I have read a report by one of the doctors regarding cologne. He stated that some cologne contains liquid alcohol, while other types contain solid alcohol. One of them is lethal, and it is the type that the Ministry of Commerce has permitted to be sold. The other type is not lethal and is used to sterilize surgical instruments. Do you have any knowledge about this?
Answer:
What we know is that we have asked the doctors repeatedly, and they mentioned that it contains an intoxicating substance, and that this substance can reach eighty percent in spirit, in this known medicine called cologne. It is undoubtedly intoxicating, and sometimes it can be lethal. It can kill due to the intensity of the heat in it; it can kill its user. This is what has reached us from the doctors. Therefore, it is forbidden because of what it contains of
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 38 — archive.org (1:31:47)
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