What is the evidence for the permissibility of using wet wipes that contain alcohol?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I have a set of questions. First, what is the evidence for the permissibility of using wet wipes
The Shaykh : wipes?
The questioner : wet with isopropanol
The Shaykh : There is no evidence, but
The questioner : a principle
The Shaykh : But is it isopropanol? If these wipes are saturated with isopropanol, then isopropanol is alcohol, and alcohol is the basis of intoxicants. It is not permissible to use intoxicants, let alone the mother of intoxicants. It is not permissible to use the mother of intoxicants, nor the mother of all evils, which is intoxicants. Therefore, it is even more impermissible to use the mother of the mother of all evils, which is alcohol, whether in medicine, cleaning, or anything else. So, if one knows that the moisture or dampness in these wipes is this isopropanol, which is alcohol, then it is not permissible to use them. I feel as though you heard a report from me that I said it is permissible to use these wipes, and that is why you surprised me by asking about the evidence. I do not say that, and therefore the surprise is truly surprising.
The questioner : So, I understand from your words that they definitely do not contain isopropanol.
The Shaykh : I do not know that they contain isopropanol. I know that they contain
The questioner : If we confirm that they contain isopropanol
The Shaykh : Yes, it is not permissible.
The questioner : So the ruling regarding them is prohibition.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : It ranges between ten and twenty percent.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The percentage of isopropanol in them ranges from ten to twenty percent.
The Shaykh : wipes?
The questioner : wet with isopropanol
The Shaykh : There is no evidence, but
The questioner : a principle
The Shaykh : But is it isopropanol? If these wipes are saturated with isopropanol, then isopropanol is alcohol, and alcohol is the basis of intoxicants. It is not permissible to use intoxicants, let alone the mother of intoxicants. It is not permissible to use the mother of intoxicants, nor the mother of all evils, which is intoxicants. Therefore, it is even more impermissible to use the mother of the mother of all evils, which is alcohol, whether in medicine, cleaning, or anything else. So, if one knows that the moisture or dampness in these wipes is this isopropanol, which is alcohol, then it is not permissible to use them. I feel as though you heard a report from me that I said it is permissible to use these wipes, and that is why you surprised me by asking about the evidence. I do not say that, and therefore the surprise is truly surprising.
The questioner : So, I understand from your words that they definitely do not contain isopropanol.
The Shaykh : I do not know that they contain isopropanol. I know that they contain
The questioner : If we confirm that they contain isopropanol
The Shaykh : Yes, it is not permissible.
The questioner : So the ruling regarding them is prohibition.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : It ranges between ten and twenty percent.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The percentage of isopropanol in them ranges from ten to twenty percent.
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