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The ruling on working in a perfume company that contains alcohol

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. This questioner to the program says: Honorable Shaykh, I work in a company for perfumes and flowers, and this company has a varying percentage of alcohol, between ten and five. Is it permissible for me to continue in it? Knowing that, if Allah wills, I am determined to perform Hajj.

Answer:
Alcohol is khamr (intoxicants); alcohol is khamr. It is not permissible to mix it with perfume or with medicines, because it is forbidden, and a small amount of it is forbidden just like a large amount. If alcohol is present and the perfume becomes intoxicating because of it, then it is not permissible to sell it because it is khamr, and it is not permissible for you to cooperate with those who sell it or present it to people. However, if this alcohol is consumed and used up, and it no longer intoxicates and has no effect on what it was mixed with, then it has gone, and it is permissible to sell the perfume.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/168 — archive.org (16:05)

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