I have a question , There are pleanty of Alcoholic perfume sprays available in the market. Is it allowed to use for muslims, these sprays for our prays or not, Why ?
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market. Is it allowed to use for muslims, these sprays for our prays or not,
Why ? (in Islam "All liquid lqueres are Dirts").
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Alcohol in perfume
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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 1.24
Anas reported the Messenger of Allah (saws)
as saying, "Among the things of this world, I love women and perfume, and
the coolness of my eyes is prayer."
Related by Ahmad and an-Nasa'i.
Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of
Allah (saws) said, "If someone offers perfume, do not reject it, for it is
light to carry and has a sweet scent."
Related by Muslim, an-Nasa'i and Abu Dawud.
Not only is the applying of perfume permissible for the believing
men and women in Islam, it is a highly encouraged act and a preferred Sunnah of
the Messenger of Allah (saws).
Allah Subhanah has absolutely
forbidden the consumption of all types of intoxicants for the believers.
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!
The thing that invalidates
prayer is the presence of impurities on one’s body or clothes. But not all haraam (forbidden) things in
Islam are impure… for example: gold and
silk are declared haraam for the believing men, but gold and silk in their
essence are not impure substances.
Similarly, the majority of the scholars and jurists in Islam are of the
opinion that although alcohol is haraam and absolutely forbidden for the
believers to consume, alcohol by itself is not an impure substance. Thus there is no harm if one uses perfumes
and the alcohol used in making these perfume touches the clothes or some parts
of the body; as long as it is not
consumed and entered into the body. The
prayer of such a person, if Allah Wills and Pleases, would be acceptable to
Him.
The absolute safest and purest
and closest to piety would be if the believers change their alcohol based
perfumes with the many available ‘ittr’ or perfumes which do not contain any
alcohol; and thus absolutely remove any doubts which may exist.
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 and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan