Question:
Asalamalaykom.
Is perfume for (men/woman) containing alcohol allowed?
JazakAllah
Answer:
`Alaykum as-Salam,
Some major Hanafi scholars of this century, including Muhammad Bakhit al-Muti`i of Egypt and Badr ad-Din al-Hasani of Damascus, have given formal legal opinions that cologne and perfumes containing alcohol are pure (tahir) because they are not produced or intended as intoxicants. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim follows that position; he considers them pure and uses cologne. Shaykh `Isa al-Himyari, a Shafi`i scholar, has written a book to that effect also.
Hajj Gibril
