What is the ruling on purchasing perfumes that contain a percentage of alcohol, and are they intoxicants?
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The questioner : ... the substance of cologne, is it ... intoxicants that are not permissible to sell?
The Shaykh : Yes, if a person buys cologne for the purpose of buying intoxicants, meaning to drink it and get drunk, that is forbidden. And if he buys it for perfumery, may Allah have mercy on you, if he buys it to perfume himself with it, the matter remains under consideration: is it permissible to perfume oneself with what contains alcohol or not? Because some scholars say that only drinking intoxicants is forbidden, just as only eating carrion is forbidden. But our view is that this is disliked; using these alcohol substances and the like for other than drinking is disliked out of scrupulousness and caution, due to His saying: Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, it will come to us, if Allah wills. Be patient for a moment.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, it will come to us. Be patient for a moment.
The questioner : The time is up, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, if a person buys cologne for the purpose of buying intoxicants, meaning to drink it and get drunk, that is forbidden. And if he buys it for perfumery, may Allah have mercy on you, if he buys it to perfume himself with it, the matter remains under consideration: is it permissible to perfume oneself with what contains alcohol or not? Because some scholars say that only drinking intoxicants is forbidden, just as only eating carrion is forbidden. But our view is that this is disliked; using these alcohol substances and the like for other than drinking is disliked out of scrupulousness and caution, due to His saying:
So avoid it
فاجتنبوهThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, it will come to us, if Allah wills. Be patient for a moment.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, it will come to us. Be patient for a moment.
The questioner : The time is up, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.