The Ruling on Using Perfumes Containing Alcohol
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Q: What is the ruling on using some perfumes that contain some alcohol?
A: The original ruling is that perfumes and fragrances available to people are lawful, except for what is known to contain something that prevents its use, such as being an intoxicant, or becoming intoxicating in large quantities, or containing ritual impurity or the like. Otherwise, the original ruling is that the perfumes available to people are lawful, such as agarwood, ambergris, musk, and so on.
So, if a person knows that there is a perfume containing something that prevents its use, such as an intoxicant or ritual impurity, he should leave it. This includes cologne, for it has been established for us by the testimony of doctors that it does not lack an intoxicant; it contains a large amount of spirit, which is an intoxicant.
Therefore, it is obligatory to leave it, unless one finds types of it that are sound. And in what Allah has made lawful of fragrances, there is what suffices for it, and praise be to Allah. Likewise, every drink or food containing an intoxicant must be left.Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1865Hasan (Darussalam).
And success is from Allah.
A: The original ruling is that perfumes and fragrances available to people are lawful, except for what is known to contain something that prevents its use, such as being an intoxicant, or becoming intoxicating in large quantities, or containing ritual impurity or the like. Otherwise, the original ruling is that the perfumes available to people are lawful, such as agarwood, ambergris, musk, and so on.
So, if a person knows that there is a perfume containing something that prevents its use, such as an intoxicant or ritual impurity, he should leave it. This includes cologne, for it has been established for us by the testimony of doctors that it does not lack an intoxicant; it contains a large amount of spirit, which is an intoxicant.
Therefore, it is obligatory to leave it, unless one finds types of it that are sound. And in what Allah has made lawful of fragrances, there is what suffices for it, and praise be to Allah. Likewise, every drink or food containing an intoxicant must be left.
Whatever a lot of it intoxicates, a little of it is unlawful.
ما أسكر كثيره فقليله حرامAnd success is from Allah.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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