Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Can someone use a perfume that alcohol is one of its ingredients?

· 10 Jumada I 1432 AH1 min readFatwa 19197English

Question

Can someone use a perfume that alcohol is one of its ingredients? Also can the cloth on which this perfume is used be used to observe prayer? Thank u

Answer

Assalāmu `alaikum Warahmatullāhi Wabrakatuh,

If the perfume is from grapes or dates extract, it is impure. If it is from other sources besides grapes and dates, then it is pure.

Generally the perfumes available nowadays contain synthetic alcohol and therefore pure.

If such perfume is sprayed on a Musallah (prayer rug) the Musallah will be pure and Salah can be performed on it.

And Allah Ta'āla Knows Best,

Muftī Ebrahim Desai

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