The Ruling on Selling Perfume Mixed with Alcohol
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Question:
A person sells perfume made from musk, agarwood, and other ingredients, and he adds some alcohol to some of it to fix the scent. What is the ruling on selling this perfume, and what is the ruling on working with this person?
Answer:
If some alcohol is put in it, it becomes ritually impure and forbidden, because intoxicants are forbidden, whether in small or large amounts. So if he mixes it with the perfume, the perfume becomes forbidden and ritually impure as well.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
A person sells perfume made from musk, agarwood, and other ingredients, and he adds some alcohol to some of it to fix the scent. What is the ruling on selling this perfume, and what is the ruling on working with this person?
Answer:
If some alcohol is put in it, it becomes ritually impure and forbidden, because intoxicants are forbidden, whether in small or large amounts. So if he mixes it with the perfume, the perfume becomes forbidden and ritually impure as well.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/108 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (41:55)
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