What is the reason for your ruling that it is not permissible to use perfumes containing alcohol?

The questioner : There is a third issue, the issue of alcohol. We heard your fatwa, meaning the prohibition of using alcohol, the impermissibility of using this perfume that contains a quantity of alcohol. It seems to me that I took from the answer to that question that the 'illah (operative cause) is its najasah (ritual impurity), because you categorized it with khamr (intoxicants). But we found in the book "Tammam al-Mannah" ...

The Shaykh : No, I did not understand well ... .

The questioner : The purity of khamr (intoxicants), not its impurity.

The Shaykh : I did not understand well ... .

The questioner: All right.

The Shaykh : Where do you say this? It is as if you are being cautious in your speech. I did not say in all my words about these perfumes that the 'illah (operative cause) is impurity, but rather the 'illah (operative cause) is intoxication. And the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: , among them are . So if these perfumes contain a proportion of alcohol that makes the perfume an intoxicating drink, then it is not permissible to sell it or buy it, and consequently to use it, not because of impurity, but because of prohibition ... .

The questioner: All right.