The Ruling on Perfumes Containing Alcohol
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, Honorable Shaykh. What is the ruling on using perfumes that contain a percentage of alcohol, when one does not know whether it is permissible to use them?
Answer:
If the majority of it is intoxicating—if a person were to drink it and it would intoxicate him—then it is impure and forbidden, whether in small or large amounts, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1865Hasan (Darussalam) As for if these perfumes do not intoxicate a person if he drinks them, then they are not impure and not forbidden. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, Honorable Shaykh. What is the ruling on using perfumes that contain a percentage of alcohol, when one does not know whether it is permissible to use them?
Answer:
If the majority of it is intoxicating—if a person were to drink it and it would intoxicate him—then it is impure and forbidden, whether in small or large amounts, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Whatever a lot of it intoxicates, a little of it is unlawful.
ما أسكر كثيره فقليله حرام،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6033- حكم العطور المشتملة على الكحول - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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