Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Is it permissible to use alcoholic perfumes?

· 16 Rabiʻ I 1435 AH1 min readFatwa 27866English

Question

can we use alchoholic perfumes or deoderants on our clothes. Do they make our clothes impure??

Can we pray ,if we apply alchoholic perfumes on our clothes??

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Present day perfumes and deodorants are made from synthetic alcohol which is not impure. If one applies perfumes or deodorants having synthetic alcohol or spray, the clothes will remain pure. Salaah with such perfumes or deodorants is valid.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Saeed Ncane

Student Darul Iftaa
South Africa

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

Answered by
Saeed Ncane
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