Products which contain Alcohol Haraam?
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
As Salaam Alaikum.I had a question regarding the use of perfumes and
other things such as toothpastes which contain Alcohols. As far as my
understanding goes, I think the alcohol that is mentioned on the ingredient
list is an organic compound and not the alcohol that people usually think it
is. I may be wrong but I am not sure. So please clarify my doubts and tell me
if it is Haraam to use such products. May Allah guide
us all.
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Answer:
Products
which contain Alcohol Haraam?
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verse 90:O you who have
believed! ‘Khamr’
(all types of intoxicants), gambling, (ungodly) shrines, and divining
devices are all abominable works of Shaitaan;
therefore, refrain from these so that you may attain true success!
Thus what Allah and His
Messenger (saws) have forbidden the believers is the consumption of all types
of intoxicants, which effect the senses of the human; like wine, alcohol,
drugs, etc.
Not all haraam
things are impure… for example: gold and
silk are declared haraam for the believing men, but
they are not impure. Similarly, most of
the scholars of Islam are of the opinion that although alcohol is haraam, it is not impure.
Thus there is no harm if one uses perfumes and the alcohol used in
making the perfume touches some parts of your body; as long as it is not
consumed and entered into the body.
We are not sure that there are
any form of toothpastes which contain alcohol. If they do, then it would be prudent to
abstain from such toothpastes, because then the alcohol would indeed enter
one’s body and that would be considered forbidden.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan