> Ruling on Using cosmetics

[Tema]

I do not have time to research much fatwas these days. Anyhow, I have found one I thought of sharing. I'm sorry if this was discussed before. If anyone has more information on what shampoos, soups, tooth pasts, deodorants, detergents etc.. contain alcohol or other non- halal ingredients, please share. Or which brands are halal, please share.

Same goes for food. Our du'as may not be accepted if we use the above and eat that what is not halal. Today, you have drinks that contain alcohol, and food. We need Alcohol- free drinks, not "non-alcoholic" which contain 1% of alcohol. And soups that contain spices from chickens, beef, may not be halal.

Even clothing. We are not to eat meat we do not know who slaughtered and how. If you have clothing, I too, or shoes made of animals. You must not use or buy them.

Eating in restaurants that serve pork; How do you know that the knife they use to cut pork is not used to cut your suff too? You don't so you shouldn't eat in such restaurants. I'm sure you all have sisters or someone who can prepare you food. If not, do it your self...

Buying food from non- halal money... Today, you have the student loan stuff that is also haram, not grants.
And, we question our selves why aren't our du'as answered!

The Ruling on using Perfumes which contain a certain amount of Alcohol in order to clean Wounds
Question:

Is the external use of perfumes and scents which contain a certain amount of alcohol permissible to clean wounds?
Answer:

The answer to this question requires clarification on two points:

Firstly: Is Khamr unclean, or not?

On this question, scholars have differed…most of them say that the alcohol is physically impure, meaning that if it is split on the clothing or the body, it must be purified. There are also among the scholars those who say that alcohol is not physically impure, because physical impurity is a legal ruling, which requires evidence, and there is no evidence of that. And if it is not confirmed by legal evidence that alcohol is impure, then fundamentally, it is pure. Some may say that the evidence is in the Book of Allaah, the Most High:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالأَنصَابُ وَالأَزْلاَمُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

"O you who believe! Khamr (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), gambling, Al*-Ansaab, and Al*-Azlaam (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are Rijs of Shaitaan's (Satan) handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that (abomination) in order that you may be successful." [Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:90]

And Rijs means filth, as Allaah, the Most High says:

قُل لاَّ أَجِدُ فِي مَا أُوْحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ إِلاَّ أَن يَكُونَ مَيْتَةً أَوْ دَمًا مَّسْفُوحًا أَوْ لَحْمَ خِنزِيرٍ فَإِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ أَوْ فِسْقًا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللّهِ بِهِ

"Say (O Muhammad): "I find not in that which has been inspired to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be Maitah (a dead animal) or blood poured forth (by slaughtering or the like), or the flesh of swine (pork, etc.) for that surely is impure, or impious (unlawful) meat (of an animal) which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allaah."" [Surah al-An'am 6:145]

That is, the above mentioned foods, the Maitah, pork or blood poured forth are all Rijs, meaning unclean. And the evidence that Rijs here means unclean is the saying of the Prophet (Sallallaahu alayhi wassalam) concerning the skin of the dead animal, that water purifies it, so his saying: “It purifies it” is a proof that it was unclean, and this is something well known to the scholars. But it may be said in reply to this that what is meant by Rijs here is spiritual unlceanness, not physical uncleanness, the of which is the Words of Allaah, the Most High:

رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ

"Rijs of Shaitaan's (Satan) handiwork." [Surah al-Ma'idah 5:90]

Additional evidence is the fact that gambling, Al-Ansab and Al-Azlam are not physically unclean, and the description (Rijs) here is all four: alcoholic drinks, gambling Al-Ansab and Al-Azlam… and if the description applies to all four of these things, then the ruling on all of them is the same.

Also, those who say that alcohol is not physically unclean have another proof from the Sunnah, which is that when the prohibition of alcoholic drinks was revealed, the Prophet (Sallallaahu alayhi wassalam) did not order the vessel to be washed clean of it. Likewise, the Companions emptied them out in the markets, and if it was unclean, they would not have emptied them out in the markets, because that would necessitate pollution being spread throughout them.

Secondly: Since it is clear that the Khamr is not physically unclean - and that is the most authoritative saying in my opinion – then alcohol is not physically impure, but spiritually impure, because the alcohol which inebriates is Khamr, according to the words of the Prohpet (Sallallaahu alayhi wassalam):

كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ خَمْرٌ

“Everything which inebriates is Khamr.”

And if it is Khamr, then its useas a beverage or a food , by being mixed with certain food to give flavour to it is clearly forbidden by the Book and agreement of the Scholars. But as for use for other things, such as cleansing bacteria and the like, it is a matter of opinion, and whoever avoids it is more prudent… but I cannot say that it is forbidden, though I do not use it myself, except when necessary, such as sterilising wounds and such likes.

Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 2, p26-28, DARUSSALAM.

[salman]

More fatawa on this subject:

Cosmetic products that contain alcohol
Mouthwashes containing alcohol
Medicine containing alcohol
Ruling on perfumes containing alcohol

[Tema]

JazzakAllahu Khayr

To make sure I understood this:

Is it allowed to use beauty products (i.e body creams etc) that contain alcohol.

Praise be to Allaah.

It is safer not to use beauty products that contain alcohol, because of the difference of opinion as to whether intoxicating substances are naajis (impure) or not. If one is forced to use them and the amount of alcohol contained is very small, then it is OK, in sha Allaah.

So we should not use hygena that may contain this stuff. Would anyone know which brands are halal of shampoos etc...?

Unknowwn, you just check the label and if ther eis alcohol, look for the ones that don't." ... I make my mother shop for me :)