Question

Can we use perfumes in which alcohol is an ingredient especially while going to the mosque for prayer?

Answer

Alcohol is not prohibited by its nature. It is only the form of the substance that can cause intoxication and inebriation that is prohibited in Islam. Alcohol used in items like medicine, perfumes etc where it has nothing to do with inebriation and intoxication and are allowable.

Answered by: Tariq Mahmood Hashmi

Date: 2015-02-14