Using perfumes that contain a percentage of alcohol
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to use perfumes that contain a percentage of alcohol?
Answer:
It is not permissible, because alcohol is ritually impure, and intoxicants are ritually impure. So if it is established that a certain percentage of alcohol is in it, then it is not permissible to use it as a perfume, because in that case it becomes ritually impure. And because it conceals from the one who drinks it. As for mere advertising, or the suspicion that it contains alcohol without this being established, the default is permissibility, and praise be to Allah. The default for perfumes is permissibility, except for what is established to contain alcohol, in which case it is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to use perfumes that contain a percentage of alcohol?
Answer:
It is not permissible, because alcohol is ritually impure, and intoxicants are ritually impure. So if it is established that a certain percentage of alcohol is in it, then it is not permissible to use it as a perfume, because in that case it becomes ritually impure. And because it conceals from the one who drinks it. As for mere advertising, or the suspicion that it contains alcohol without this being established, the default is permissibility, and praise be to Allah. The default for perfumes is permissibility, except for what is established to contain alcohol, in which case it is not permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب حد السرقة — islamhouse.com (1:03:27)
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