Scent (perfume)

Question

What is the ruling on using scent? People say that it contains spirit. Likewise, is it permissible or not to eat food cooked on a spirit stove, or is it makruh?

Answer

If the spirit is impure, then the scent containing this spirit is also impure, and its use is prohibited. Food cooked on a stove in which spirit is used is correct; it is not impure — just as what is cooked on cow-dung cakes or dry dung is pure. Impure scent makes clothes impure, but food does not become impure through the burning of spirit.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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