The ruling on using perfumes containing alcohol in mosque carpets
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Question:
There are certain types of perfumes, usually used for carpets and rugs in homes and elsewhere, that generally contain a percentage of alcohol. My question is: Is it permissible to use such perfumes on the carpets and floors of mosques, especially since some of them have a pleasant scent suitable for the mosque, last longer, and leave no residue? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
These perfumes that contain a percentage of alcohol, meaning an intoxicant, if they are intoxicating when a person consumes them, then it is not permissible to own them, buy them, or use them as perfume, because they are an intoxicant, and an intoxicant must be destroyed. However, if these perfumes are not intoxicating in themselves, whether a person drinks them or smells them, and they do not reach the level of intoxication, then they do not reach the level of prohibition. But it is better and safer for one's conscience to avoid them and replace them with perfumes free of alcohol, in mosques and elsewhere. If they are intoxicating, then they are khamr (intoxicants). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1865Hasan (Darussalam), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 3390Hasan (Darussalam). So if they are intoxicating, it is obligatory to destroy them, and it is not permissible to keep them, use them as perfume, or place them in mosques, a fortiori, because they are an abomination, as Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Ma'idah 5:90], informing that it is an abomination and commanding its avoidance. Yes.
The presenter:
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There are certain types of perfumes, usually used for carpets and rugs in homes and elsewhere, that generally contain a percentage of alcohol. My question is: Is it permissible to use such perfumes on the carpets and floors of mosques, especially since some of them have a pleasant scent suitable for the mosque, last longer, and leave no residue? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
These perfumes that contain a percentage of alcohol, meaning an intoxicant, if they are intoxicating when a person consumes them, then it is not permissible to own them, buy them, or use them as perfume, because they are an intoxicant, and an intoxicant must be destroyed. However, if these perfumes are not intoxicating in themselves, whether a person drinks them or smells them, and they do not reach the level of intoxication, then they do not reach the level of prohibition. But it is better and safer for one's conscience to avoid them and replace them with perfumes free of alcohol, in mosques and elsewhere. If they are intoxicating, then they are khamr (intoxicants). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whatever a lot of it intoxicates, a little of it is unlawful.
ما أسكر كثيره فقليله حرامEvery intoxicant is Khamr (wine) and every Khamr is unlawful.
كل مسكر خمر، وكل خمر حرامO you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْأَنصَابُ وَالْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُThe presenter:
We will return to your message, our brother Ayn Mīm Alif, in a future session, if Allah wills, in order to make room for other messages,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/005 — archive.org (10:35)
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