Is perfume with alcohol allowed in Islam?

[hopintobelucky]

Assalamoalaikum,

I really love putting on perfume especially, after taking a bath and putting on fresh clothes and then praying on jummah. But I was wondering, can I put on these perfumes from some stores which contain alcohol? Even though the alcohol will evaporate and its not intoxicating me...I mean for now, I have some perfumes from India, KSA and Pakistan, but the ones in the stores have so much variety...I can't stay away from these beauties.... although at first I thought that all types of perfumes contain alcohol even though the perfumes from the muslim countries claim that they are 'alcohol free'...

So could someone pls tell me whether it is halal to put on these perfumes, coz I don't want my salat to be nullified!!!

 

[muhammad sabri]

Salam wa rahmatullah wa barakatuhu,
Dear sister here i post what i found while researching on the matter:

Al-Azhar House of Fatwa issued the following Fatwa:

"In Islam, it is unanimously held that all things are supposed to be deemed pure, and that it is not necessary that all what is declared forbidden is considered impure. This is because impurity is a legal ruling that needs evidence. For example, drugs and fatal poisons are forbidden, yet this by no means qualify them to be impure.

For this reason, some scholars including Rabi`ah, Al-Layth Ibn Sa`d, Al-Muzani (the companion of Ash-Shafi`i) and some other scholars hold that wine is pure regardless of its being unlawful, and that only drinking it is forbidden. However, the majority of jurists are of the view that wine is impure and forbidden.

Thus, we conclude that all that is impure is deemed forbidden, but not vice versa. This is because regarding something as impure is to forbid any physical contact with it, whereas regarding something as unlawful is not necessarily to forbid any contact with it. To illustrate, wearing gold and silk is unlawful (for men), yet they are considered pure by the consensus of scholars and thus can be touched by men.

As far as perfumes containing alcohol is concerned, they consist of many ingredients like water, perfume, and alcohol that comprises the highest percentage. It is known that alcohol is produced from sugarcane by way of distillation. Thus, according to the juristic rule, which states that all things are presumed to be originally pure and that being prohibited does not render something impure, perfumes that contain alcohol are pure, particularly if we bear in mind that they are used for cleaning and perfuming the body. Thus, it is permissible to use these perfumes and there is nothing wrong in that."

Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi, former President of the Islamic Society of North America, adds:

"It is forbidden to drink alcohol. In the perfumes usually denatured alcohol is used. This alcohol is not unclean (najas). According to some jurists even natural alcohol is not najas. According to the Shari`ah, there is nothing wrong in using alcohol based perfumes."


So the answer is no, alchool in itself is not impure but the use may lead to haram like when drinking it, using it to purify oneself is not haram AND ALLAH KNOWS BEST
Hope it helped, wa salam

 

[hopintobelucky]

Thank you so much for your help. Then I shall assume from the above post that I can use those perfumes that have alcohol in them...If I'm asked by Allah anything about this later on...I'll state your name...hehe