Purity: Ruling on Medicines and Products Containing Alcohol

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: Ruling on Medicines and Products Containing Alcohol

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Question #303:

Nowadays alcohol (which is in fact intoxicating) is used in making a large number of medicines, especially syrups, and in perfumes and colognes that are generally imported. Do you consider it permissible for a person, whether he is aware of this or not, to buy, sell, prepare and use such products?

Answer #303:

An alcohol which you do not know whether it originally belongs to the category of a liquid intoxicant is considered pure, and there is no problem in buying, selling and using liquids containing it.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Ruling of Intoxicants