He was asked about spirit and European perfumes.
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The questioner : Shaykh, I ask you about spirit and European perfumes, what is your opinionThe Shaykh : regarding them?
The Shaykh : Whatever of it is khamr (intoxicants) is khamr, and it is not permissible to sell, buy, or use it, let alone that it is not permissible to perfume oneself with what is forbidden. And whatever is not so is permissible.
The questioner : Spirit?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to use spirit at all, because if khamr is the mother of all abominations, as is explicitly stated—give us the paper—if khamr is the mother of all abominations, as is stated in some narrations, and if this alcohol is the mother of khamr, then it is the mother of the mother of all abominations, and it is more deserving of prohibition. In reality, the use of this has crept into the Muslims, who are distant from the rulings of religion, first in knowledge and second in application, because many people know some of the Sharia rulings and are not ignorant of them, but they still commit them. I mean, as some ignorant people say about smoking: "My brother, if it is haram (forbidden), we will burn it, and if it is halal (lawful), we will smoke it." So, whatever the case, he must use it; he does not care whether it is haram or halal. So this spirit is the alcohol found in khamr that transformed thisThe questioner : compound of many things, the least of which is water, for example, and other things, as you know, resembling sugar, but it contains a little of this alcohol, which made thisThe questioner : khamr haram. This small amount of alcohol made this large amount haram. So, the thing that is the cause of transforming thisThe questioner : large amount into an intoxicating substance must not be in the lands of Islam, no matter what excuses some doctors, for example, offer. Get me a pillow, my brother. I do not like this formal arrogance. This is one of the worst chairs; it represents the arrogance of the disbelievers and the Europeans.
The Shaykh : Whatever of it is khamr (intoxicants) is khamr, and it is not permissible to sell, buy, or use it, let alone that it is not permissible to perfume oneself with what is forbidden. And whatever is not so is permissible.
The questioner : Spirit?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to use spirit at all, because if khamr is the mother of all abominations, as is explicitly stated—give us the paper—if khamr is the mother of all abominations, as is stated in some narrations, and if this alcohol is the mother of khamr, then it is the mother of the mother of all abominations, and it is more deserving of prohibition. In reality, the use of this has crept into the Muslims, who are distant from the rulings of religion, first in knowledge and second in application, because many people know some of the Sharia rulings and are not ignorant of them, but they still commit them. I mean, as some ignorant people say about smoking: "My brother, if it is haram (forbidden), we will burn it, and if it is halal (lawful), we will smoke it." So, whatever the case, he must use it; he does not care whether it is haram or halal. So this spirit is the alcohol found in khamr that transformed thisThe questioner : compound of many things, the least of which is water, for example, and other things, as you know, resembling sugar, but it contains a little of this alcohol, which made thisThe questioner : khamr haram. This small amount of alcohol made this large amount haram. So, the thing that is the cause of transforming thisThe questioner : large amount into an intoxicating substance must not be in the lands of Islam, no matter what excuses some doctors, for example, offer. Get me a pillow, my brother. I do not like this formal arrogance. This is one of the worst chairs; it represents the arrogance of the disbelievers and the Europeans.
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