The Ruling on Using Perfumes Containing Alcohol

Question:
The questioner from Yemen (A. A. M.) says in this question: What is the ruling on perfuming oneself with certain perfumes?
Knowing that some of them contain ninety percent alcohol, and whether they defile the believer or the believer’s clothes, or what?

Answer:
If the perfume contains an intoxicant, if it contains a type of intoxicants, its use is forbidden; due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): And he said: Thus said (peace and blessings be upon him). So if it is known that this perfume, or this drink, or this food, its large amount intoxicates, it is forbidden. The majority of scholars are of the opinion that what intoxicates is impure. One should be careful about that. If something of the wine touches him, it touches his clothes, so if he washes it, it will be good, if Allah wills, by way of precaution.
The point is: that what intoxicates in large amounts, whether food or drink, is impure according to the majority, and it is forbidden according to all; according to all scholars So if, for example, drinking a cup of it intoxicates, and if drinking half a cup does not intoxicate, it is all forbidden, both its small and large amounts. We ask Allah for well-being. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.