Praying Salah While Wearing Cream Containing Alcohol

Women’s Corner

1. Praying Salah while wearing cream containing alcohol

Q: What do the honourable scholars of Islam say regarding the following: if someone applies beauty cream containing an impure ingredient, such as alcohol, will their Salah be valid?

بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

A: The presence of alcohol in beauty creams does not make the creams impure. Due to common plight (ʿumūm balwā) and other mitigating factors, many scholars and jurists in contemporary times permit the use of alcohol in products that are used topically. The same ruling is extended to alcohol-based medicines that are consumed for medical reasons and do not cause intoxication.

Regarding the scenario mentioned above, it is permissible to use beauty creams which contain alcohol, and it will not affect salah in any way. However, the beauty creams must be void of other impurities, such as pig gelatine or carrion.

وَ الـلّٰـهُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُهٗ اَعْلَم صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

2. Wearing taʿwīz during menstrual period?

Q: What do the honourable scholars of Islam say regarding the following: can a woman wear a taʿwīz during her menstrual period?

بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

A: As long as the taʿwīz is sealed in cloth or leather, it is permissible for them to wear it while menstruating (ḥayḍ), undergoing post-natal bleeding (nifās), or in a state requiring the ritual bath.

وَ الـلّٰـهُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُهٗ اَعْلَم صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم