Is it permissible to smell perfume before accepting it to see if it suits him or not?
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The questioner : First, meaning... he smells it first so that...
The Shaykh : But even if he smells it, they are the ones who gave him the khaas and said, "This is the perfume."
The questioner : ... perfume ... he means...
The Shaykh : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not return perfume, my brother." The hadith is clear and explicit: do not return perfume. He did not say do not return everything, even water; do not return perfume. So if you know that it is perfume, and no one, if Allah wills, comes to deceive the Muslims by bringing them things that are not good and saying, "Come, perfume yourselves with this."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I did not hear.
The questioner : He means mixing, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : He means... the perfume... good, but... the rest is defective.
Another questioner: ... the generality of the hadith is correct, meaning it does not harm.
The Shaykh : Yes, in any case, if it is established as you said, and that if it is mixed with something else, the scent becomes not good and it spoils the scent of the original perfume, then in that case, he may give him the second hand.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, Ahmad?
The Shaykh : But even if he smells it, they are the ones who gave him the khaas and said, "This is the perfume."
The questioner : ... perfume ... he means...
The Shaykh : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not return perfume, my brother." The hadith is clear and explicit: do not return perfume. He did not say do not return everything, even water; do not return perfume. So if you know that it is perfume, and no one, if Allah wills, comes to deceive the Muslims by bringing them things that are not good and saying, "Come, perfume yourselves with this."
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : I did not hear.
The questioner : He means mixing, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : He means... the perfume... good, but... the rest is defective.
Another questioner: ... the generality of the hadith is correct, meaning it does not harm.
The Shaykh : Yes, in any case, if it is established as you said, and that if it is mixed with something else, the scent becomes not good and it spoils the scent of the original perfume, then in that case, he may give him the second hand.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, Ahmad?