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Blossom
05-09-04, 12:11 AM
a few days ago i went to CC, while i was in the parking a woman passed next to me and she reeked with perfumes. and when i came out 10 minutes later, the smell was still there. as i stated below its haram for a woman to go out wearing perfumes, but still many do, is it ignorance?
“The woman who perfumes herself and passes through a gathering is an adulteress.” (Reported by Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi) This hadith has also been reported by an-Nasa’i, Ibn Khuzaymah, and Ibn Hibban in the following words: “Any woman who perfumes herself and passes by a group of people so that her scent reaches them is an adulteress.” Al-Hakim also reported this hadith and said that it has sound transmitters.
Source:islamonline (http://www.islamonline.net/fatwa/english/FatwaDisplay.asp?hFatwaID=9965)
Black I
05-09-04, 12:41 AM
Yeah, unfortunately women dont care these days. I remember once when I was in Heathrow Airport coming back to Oman, I saw some khaliji girls who were wearing alot of perfum with al the different kinds of 3ood and bokhoor also. You were able to smlle them from 10 metres. I know that is forbidden and Islam consider the woman who did that as if she is a *****(wa allaho a3lam)
Two mistakes in blossom post:
1. It's called CCC or C3 and not CC.
2. She said as i stated above and should be below.
I will come latter with my comments ;).
Ice Tea, by CC she meant City Center and not CCC as you thought :rolleyes:
BR, my bad.
But how do you know did you go with her?
everyone knows that CC is city center, and Ice Tea in case you don't know she is my sister and I would know if she went to CCC or CC :rolleyes:
Yes I know she is your sister but she is married and have kids so I thought she is living in different house.
Arabian Princess
05-09-04, 08:35 AM
BR & Ice Tea, stick to the thread. Its about Perfumes not about bloom.
Sorry AP, my bad.
Well some women ar being ignorant about such things. Although they know its haram but they still do it. Its the same as pulcking eyebroews. Some think its ok if they are married or old (above 40)....
Kazablanka
05-09-04, 09:43 AM
OMG you guys are sisters, haha thats so cool, I never knew that but you know whats weird is that I always mixed up between you guys. Anyway, back to the topic.
Yes, wearing perfume is haram especially if you spray the whole bottle on you before leaving the house and you are going to a place where there are a whole bunch of guys.
A woman should make herself beautiful (including wearing perfums) to her husband only and not to strangers.
If a woman wishes to smell good for her self she can do this. She can have just a one spray of perfume inside her cloths and not outside. this way she can be the only one who smell.
fatamooo
09-09-04, 02:46 AM
i didnt realise that wearing perfume was haram ... but then i never really thought of it as a means of seduction - although i had heard of a special type of perfume engineered exactly to arouse men and so i kind of guessed that there must be something wrong with that... but normal perfume?? i wear it for myself not for anyone else... so i guess its ok right???
and i get my eyebrows done but i just do it to look presentable i dont think there is anything wrong with that it just depends on your intentions ya3ni when i put on perfume or go to the salon for my eyebrows i do it so that i look and smell clean and tidy as well as stylish...
el7ilwa
09-09-04, 01:04 PM
If a women sprayed her self with all these perfumes & passed beside a man & he liked the smell she concidered a adulteress , This is what I've heard
wa allahu a3lam.
el7ilwa
09-09-04, 01:06 PM
Blossom quoted that I didn't notice :p
how about wearing perfume to the level that u can only sniff it or the person who's walking very close to u ?
seriously i always wear perfume! mmm never thought of it!?.. i dont over do it though !
Haroundb
09-09-04, 01:52 PM
Women should not put any perfumes what ever the level is.
*When Islam prohibits something it prohibits actually two things:
1-What is prohibited (In it self).
2-What leads to what is prohibited? (Even if it may appear at the beginning as irrelative or far from being effective).
*When you measure the effect of something, measure it under different environments and circumstances. A man, who you pass by in the street, may be one of the following:
-A man who is married and have a normal level of emotions.
-A man his wife puts the same perfume, like the one you are putting.
-A teenager who is under high-tension emotions.
Note: Did it ever happen to you that when you smell some sent, it remembers you of something or someone or someplace?. So you will never know what are the meanings of your perfume to other people! (You are not the only one who bought that perfume).
Got me! ;)
Got me!
Yes .. and its scary :sorry: ..
fatamooo
10-09-04, 12:56 AM
i asked my mom about this and she sed that you can wear perfume as much as you want if your going to a place with no men. and if theres a place with men around, then you can still wear it but let it be very discreet so that only you can smell it, and only if someone came and put their noses really close to your skin, they would smell it too. that sounds about reasonable, i mean, because most deodorants are scented anyways, and they are used to hide BO - and its not 7aram to wear that...
i dont want to stop using perfume!! i feel naked without it lol, i just love the scent of oud and spicy-scented perfumes... like heaven!!!
dude-guy
10-09-04, 01:15 AM
i feel naked without it lol
fatamo DONT WEAR PERFUME ITS 7ARAM!! seriously u comin over tomorrow or what??
btw i agree perfume should be worn only if discreet..
Haroundb
10-09-04, 01:58 AM
btw i agree perfume should be worn only if discreet..
Some things in Islam is treated as forbidden with a percentage, and other things are treated as forbidden form 1% to 100% , and perfume for women is from the second type.Taking a shower will remove all the smell, and in the market there are lots of deodorants which are scentless (without perfume).Then if you are going to be fair to yourself then you have no excuse for putting perfumes. On the other hand, if you think that what you are going to do is correct then it is your own decision, but Muslims have to know what the truth is.
i asked my mom about this and she sed that you can wear perfume as much as you want if your going to a place with no men. and if theres a place with men around, then you can still wear it but let it be very discreet so that only you can smell it, and only if someone came and put their noses really close to your skin, they would smell it too. that sounds about reasonable, i mean, because most deodorants are scented anyways, and they are used to hide BO - and its not 7aram to wear that...
If you are sure %100 that no man will be smelling your perfume outside the house, (this is impossible in reality), then still putting perfume for women is haram!
If you think that if you only smell yourslf and no one can smell you, then you are wrong, as far as you are touching the air then you are totally smellable.Only in the moon you can't smell other's people's perfumes because there is no air there.
i dont want to stop using perfume!! i feel naked without it lol, i just love the scent of oud and spicy-scented perfumes... like heaven!!!
Then this is the reason perfumes come first and Islam comes second!
fatamooo
10-09-04, 04:09 PM
why is everyone attacking me today??? ok no one has such a high sense of smell except for dogs that they can smell everything in the air!! im not trying to justify my reasons... just trying to be rational... and i never said that i put my faith before my choice of appearance!! i know what my intentions are and i also know that if i did think men could smell perfume on me and get attracted then i wouldnt hesitate in not wearing it anymore... but i dont! anyways these days guys wear just as much perfume as girls if not more, and in school, in the classroom how can the guys know where the smell is coming from? theyre always wearing strong oud and stuff so thats all you can smell in class anyways... so even if i was wearing perfume, there is no way they would be able to smell it because of their own strong ouds!! thats how i know that its discreet.
i mean sometimes i ask my girlfriends to smell my perfume and they have to come really really close to me to smell it.. and since its haram for guys to be that close to you anyways, i dont think that they would smell it. anyways its a fact that women have a more heightened sense of smell than men... so if women cant smell it then men definitely cant.
Haroundb
10-09-04, 07:19 PM
why is everyone attacking me today??? ok no one has such a high sense of smell except for dogs that they can smell everything in the air!! im not trying to justify my reasons... just trying to be rational... and i never said that i put my faith before my choice of appearance!! i know what my intentions are and i also know that if i did think men could smell perfume on me and get attracted then i wouldnt hesitate in not wearing it anymore... but i dont! anyways these days guys wear just as much perfume as girls if not more, and in school, in the classroom how can the guys know where the smell is coming from? theyre always wearing strong oud and stuff so thats all you can smell in class anyways... so even if i was wearing perfume, there is no way they would be able to smell it because of their own strong ouds!! thats how i know that its discreet.
i mean sometimes i ask my girlfriends to smell my perfume and they have to come really really close to me to smell it.. and since its haram for guys to be that close to you anyways, i dont think that they would smell it. anyways its a fact that women have a more heightened sense of smell than men... so if women cant smell it then men definitely cant.
No one is attacking you, it is all a matter of discussion, may be little hot, but the fact remains that we are all here for useful fun, we like to get our minds closer, to help each other and support each other in all possible way.
We are not here accusing any women of trying to seduce men using perfumes!. I believe that all those who post their replays here in this thread are trying to get the right answer for that question even if their posts seems not to be so.
I am only giving my point of view, and not saying my point of view is the correct one. Every one has to decide for himself. I am just giving truth as clear as possible. Because what I have found is that most of the time we try to compromise with truth to convince ourselves that we are doing the modest thing. But this is not always the case. As I have said before some things are prohibited what ever the amount is.
Can I say that if I will drink a very small amount of wine (say 10 ml like 1/4 a tea spoon) then I will not be a sinner? Also if I did say that I will drink wine and lock my self in my room, and that will prevent me from making any mistake. Would that be correct answer, and it is now not forbidden?
Last about this smelling distance problem, for your information that the smell can stay for a longer time in the air depending on many factors like heat, air and wind, and amount of spirit in it. So don't suggest the matter of distance, close or far.
Maybe this is the first time I say it, that I can tell my friends around me who have passed from a certain place depending on the smell in the air, and you have to see their faces when they check it out and find what I have said to be correct.
Superbia
24-07-08, 02:36 AM
If people don't follow the major things in Islam, what makes them follow the minor ones? Ok you might not wear perfume, but you might do some things just are as similar. Plucking eyebrows, wearing heals, etc. No one's perfect. They all attract attention at the end, right?
There's no point not doing something, and doing something else that is just about the same. You either be too conservative, or just liberal. It's one thing or the other. At the end of the day, it all goes down to the person, and what he/she values. Whatever. Who are we to judge?
WOW from where u found the thread superbia! Its back when AP was a moderator :hyper:.
So what should a woman do? Rot and stink?
There is difference between a woman who wears perfumes and another one who dips herself in perfumes. The hadeeth is addressing the case that blossom mentioned ofcourse.
No worries Superbia u can still wear perfumes :p
Superbia
24-07-08, 02:53 AM
LOL, I was just skimming through the Religion Sabla :inno:
Diabian
24-07-08, 10:22 AM
If people don't follow the major things in Islam, what makes them follow the minor ones? Ok you might not wear perfume, but you might do some things just are as similar. Plucking eyebrows, wearing heals, etc. No one's perfect. They all attract attention at the end, right?
There's no point not doing something, and doing something else that is just about the same. You either be too conservative, or just liberal. It's one thing or the other. At the end of the day, it all goes down to the person, and what he/she values. Whatever. Who are we to judge?
Its not that simple..
am not too conservative... but am not liberal either!
Skimming through this thread.. I can't help but wonder...
If wearing perfume is haram... why is it that in the west, arabs are associated with 'washing themself in perfume' ? It's strange how you guys got this reputation from something that's actually forbidden to you. :mmhmm:
Also, is it the same for men? Is a man who wears alot of perfume and passes by women considered an adulterer?
Threadlike
24-07-08, 12:05 PM
^Not that I know of...I don't think Islam counts perfume as something that women would find attractive in a man.
A man who LOOKS at women with lust and doesn't lower his gaze is an adulterer, however, since the prophet PBUH said, 'The eye commits adultery and its adultery is not lowering the gaze'.
Like Braiki expressed, the hadith talks of a particular type of women who put so much perfume, they either end up being annoying or just stink. The author of the thread (wherever she is) should have taken some care while posting the hadith to post an accompanying fatwa or further explanation of the hadith which implies that a woman is only LIKE an adultress if she wears a strong perfume because her intention is then only seduction...The fatwa from IslamOnline by Sheikh Attaya Saqr, the former head of Al Azhar Fatwa Commitee states:
From the above hadiths, describing such a woman as an adulteress means that she is like an adulteress because she wears perfume with the intention of tempting men, which is undoubtedly an abominable behavior. Temptation and seduction are not accomplished unless the used perfume is strong. However, if the perfume is light, so its smell does not spread beyond its place except for a limited range, and if it is not used with the intention of seduction but rather for removing the smell of sweat, for example, the woman in such case is not like an adulteress because she is not intending seduction.
Personally, perfume is not exactly the thing that turns my head in a woman anyhow...
Can I point something out?
Perfume/cologne/aftershave on a man IS something I notice alot and find attractive. Some more than others. Not the 'washing down in perfume' ones, mind you.
Maybe who ever was writing the fatwa for women's perfume was a man (lol) and doesn't find men's perfume seductive. :p
Diabian
24-07-08, 12:39 PM
^ it was said by the prophet.. not just any man.
Threadlike
24-07-08, 12:51 PM
Can I point something out?
Perfume/cologne/aftershave on a man IS something I notice alot and find attractive. Some more than others. Not the 'washing down in perfume' ones, mind you.
Maybe who ever was writing the fatwa for women's perfume was a man (lol) and doesn't find men's perfume seductive. :p
haha, it actually is a man :p
But well I don't remember any hadith regarding how men shouldn't put perfume, in fact, I remember an incident I once read about how the prophet PBUH wore perfume...So I really am not familiar with any hadith of such content as, 'Men who wear perfume and pass by women are like adulterers'.
You know what I'm about to say next right? :D
Double standards? lol ...
I was about to post an AXE commercial, but I can't find even one that's suitable for .. here. :hyper:
UmKhalid
24-07-08, 02:29 PM
The hadeeth is clear. No need to turn the thread into a joke.
“Any woman who perfumes herself and passes by a group of people so that her scent reaches them is an adulteress.”
When I want to understand something better, I would try and make it simpler like I am explaining it to a child. So let's try that.
The Prophet :PBUH: says in this hadeeth that if a woman puts Soooo much perfume, so much to the point that if she just PASSED by a group of people, not even stood near them for a period of time for them to notice that she has perfume on, no, but just simply passed by them was enough for them to smell the perfume, then she has too much perfume on, and that is bad.
When I am standing and a girl passes by me soaked in perfume, I get this Wave of smell coming my way and I feel like coughing, I ask myself: Why is she wearing so much perfume?! For who? Surely it can't be so the opposite wouldn't happen: Smell bad, because a simple shower and deodrant will make you Not smell. That's what's important.
And really, as Thalia mentioned, only Arabs do this. I've never met a non-Arab who put so much perfume to the point that would make a person choke from it.
My question is why is perfume deemed to be attractive on a woman and not on a man? Why? Who says so?
Why women can't wear it and men can even if it is obvious that women like the smell of men's perfumes?
marianna
24-07-08, 03:43 PM
I rarely wear perfume.....I tend to get headaches if the scent is strong. I think if a woman wears perfume to smell pleasent fine...beats the natural body order some prefer (i.e. doesn't wear deoderant, smells like sweat). :yuk:
Threadlike
24-07-08, 03:48 PM
My question is why is perfume deemed to be attractive on a woman and not on a man? Why? Who says so?
Why women can't wear it and men can even if it is obvious that women like the smell of men's perfumes?
Women CAN wear perfume. That's the whole point.
It just has to be light perfume, like UmKhalid pointed out, and nothing too strong that the intention seems to be to seduce men.
When the intention is to seduce the opposite sex, then the act (whether that be wearing perfume or pretending I'm a chicken) is automatically a sin.
So women can't wear it unless it's light, but no where does it say the same for men.
If it does, I apologise and would like to see the hadith.
Being seductive or not
People should never soak themselves in perfumes, because not all like it and many are allergic to these stuff.
It's funny though how it's haram for women to wear perfume in a big amount while men will be praised for it as it will show how high their status is
Being seductive or not
People should never soak themselves in perfumes, because not all like it and many are allergic to these stuff.
It's funny though how it's haram for women to wear perfume in a big amount while men will be praised for it as it will show how high their status is
Oh.. so that's what it is..
Why women can't wear it and men can even if it is obvious that women like the smell of men's perfumes?
[3:14]Beautified for men is the love of things they covet; women, children, much of gold and silver (wealth), branded beautiful horses, cattle and well-tilled land. This is the pleasure of the present world's life; but Allâh has the excellent return (Paradise with flowing rivers) with Him.
minerva
24-07-08, 03:58 PM
one must also understand that strong perfume does not seduce men. it might give them a strong dose of hayfever.
which is not very attractive.
"The perfume of a man is that which has a fragrance but it has no color. The perfume of a woman has a color, but it must not have an odor."
http://www.blessedquietness.com/alhaj/perfume.htm
*****
Such attitude/thinking is embodied in our society, especially the GCC countries.
There is actually a hadith or a saying where Mohammed or one of the followers praise one of the followers' cleanses & scent
Threadlike
24-07-08, 04:01 PM
^Again, that's forbidden if the intention is showing you have a high status.
My point was that if an action that is not haram is done with the intention of something that is haram or sinful then that action becomes haram in that particular case. For example, if I happen to go pray in order to show that I'm a religious person and not for the sake of Allah then I'm simply 'acting' prayer and not feeling it, so what's the use? If I go and give money to someone in need then start boasting about it, then what's the use? God doesn't need our prayers or our worship, He only asks it from us for our own betterment.
Thalia:
"So women can't wear it unless it's light, but no where does it say the same for men."
Basically, that's the ruling in a nutshell.
The hadith is at the beginning of the thread, and it's from Bukhari I think. Here it is:
“If a woman wears a perfume and then passes by people who smelled her perfume, she is then considered an adulteress. And every eye is liable to commit adultery."
Threadlike
24-07-08, 04:04 PM
[3:14]Beautified for men is the love of things they covet; women, children, much of gold and silver (wealth), branded beautiful horses, cattle and well-tilled land. This is the pleasure of the present world's life; but Allâh has the excellent return (Paradise with flowing rivers) with Him.
I don't understand the reference to this verse as an answer to Thalia's question, really.
“If a woman wears a perfume and then passes by people who smelled her perfume, she is then considered an adulteress. And every eye is liable to commit adultery."
You see, all the hadiths are about women. It says nothing about men wearing perfume
By perfumes, we talk about the Arabian scents here, the oud and its products.
Poor people can never afford the pure oud, I've seen the type that HM favors.
The middle class people would buy it once in a blue moon to enjoy it.
As for the people who can afford it, they buy it on a monthly basis and wear it every day. They would put it on their hands and rub it, put some on their necks and dishdashas.
The scent does not go even after being washed for several times.
I read the hadith in the beginning and I think it's double standard. It implies that women's perfume is attractive to men. But says nothing about men's perfume being attractive to women. Why does it target women specifically?
If the intention is not to seduce, can she still wear alot of her favourite perfume? I guess not.
So, what about men? If his intention is not to seduce.. can he wear lots of perfume?
So, what about men? If his intention is not to seduce.. can he wear lots of perfume?
A show off is frowned upon on.
But as for the men wearing perfume, it does not mention anything about it.
Again, it's common sense though. If the intention of putting such amount of perfume is to show off, then it should not be allowed.
But again we cannot mix culture with religion:color:
The Khaliji culture, the more scent you have on the higher your social status is. Especially when it comes to oud, which is LOVED and the best quality comes from Oman:cool: (IN YOUR FACES MY KHALIJI BROS & SISTAS:sunsmile:)
The Hadiths I found
http://www.muziqpakistan.com/board/index.php?showtopic=6216
Could not find the one about the man with perfume, although I know it exists. It wasn't actually a hadith, but Mohammed praising the fragrance of one of the followers left when passed by and it said that it was so strong that he actually passed by a long time ago.
Threadlike
24-07-08, 04:25 PM
I read the hadith in the beginning and I think it's double standard. It implies that women's perfume is attractive to men. But says nothing about men's perfume being attractive to women. Why does it target women specifically?
If the intention is not to seduce, can she still wear alot of her favourite perfume? I guess not.
So, what about men? If his intention is not to seduce.. can he wear lots of perfume?
It's obviously hard to understand if one is not aware of the other approahces used to prevent seduction of women by men and which, when put together, are supposed to put extremely difficult barriers for adultery. Not wearing strong perfumes is only part of the entire approach that Islam takes; that prevention is much better than cure.
So if God (through his prophet PBUH) will prevent women from wearing very strong perfume since then they would be 'like an adultress' and attempting to seduce men, then God will also prevent men from looking at lust with women, from being with a foreign woman in a room alone together, kissing women or attracting and seducing women in any way. He will put legislations on women such as hijab and not making your voice soft and smooth when talking to a man. Then certain scholars go to the extent of not shaking hands with a woman and many many other teachings to both man and woman, some of which can be found in Surat al Nur (Light/Chapter 24) and throughout the Sunna of the prophet PBUH. Why many Muslims don't find double standards in this is because it is very well-balanced throughout Islamic teaching.
marianna
24-07-08, 04:31 PM
I know there are certain men perfumes that are tantalizing to the senses and makes me wonder about the men who wear them to gain such attention.
I know there are certain men perfumes that are tantalizing to the senses
I heard they work!!! Wouldn't mind experimenting them
minerva
24-07-08, 04:39 PM
eternity by calvin klein does it for me. bad bad boys.
marianna
24-07-08, 04:40 PM
I love that one too Mini...when I smell it I swoon. :D
sameerb1
24-07-08, 08:14 PM
When a woman wears perfume, the ruling depends on the situation:
1 – Using perfume for the husband.
This is mustahabb and recommended, because it is part of treating him kindly, and it helps to increase love between the spouses, when each of them pays attention to what the other likes.
Al-Mannaawi said in Fayd al-Qadeer (3/190):
As for putting on perfume and adorning herself for her husband, it is required and is something that is liked. One of the wise men said: For a woman to adorn herself and put on perfume for her husband is one of the strongest causes of love and affection between them, and wards off dislike and disdain, because the eye is the pioneer of the heart; if the eye looks at something attractive, the message will reach his heart and love will be created, but if it looks at something ugly or that it does not like of outfits or garments, that that message will reach the heart and dislike and disdain will be created. Hence the advice that Arab women gave to one another was: Beware of letting your husband see anything that does not please him or letting him smell anything from you that he finds off-putting. End quote.
2 – Putting on perfume and going out with the aim of letting non-mahram men smell it. This is haraam, and is a major sin.
It was narrated from Abu Moosa (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “If a woman puts on perfume and passes by people so that they can smell her fragrance, then she is such and such,” and he spoke sternly - meaning an adulteress. Narrated by Abu Dawood (4173) and al-Tirmidhi (2786); classed as saheeh by Ibn Daqeeq al-Eid in al-Iqtiraah (126) and by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.
al-Mannaawi said in Fayd al-Qadeer (1/355):
“She is an adulteress” means: because of that she is exposed to zina, and implementing the means that lead to it and calling those who seek it. Hence she is called an adulteress in a metaphorical sense, because desire may prevail and real zina may take place. Her passing by men is likened to her sitting in their path so that they pass by her. End quote.
3 – If she puts on perfume and goes out, and thinks it most likely that she will pass by a group in which there will be men who will smell her perfume and fragrance, this is also haraam, even if she does not intend to tempt men and that is not her aim, because this action is a fitnah (temptation) in and of itself. There is also an indication in sharee’ah that it is haraam and not allowed.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things), and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts) and not to show off their adornment except only that which is apparent (like both eyes for necessity to see the way, or outer palms of hands or one eye or dress like veil, gloves, headcover, apron), and to draw their veils all over Juyoobihinna (i.e. their bodies, faces, necks and bosoms) and not to reveal their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband’s fathers, or their sons, or their husband’s sons, or their brothers or their brother’s sons, or their sister’s sons, or their (Muslim) women (i.e. their sisters in Islâm), or the (female) slaves whom their right hands possess, or old male servants who lack vigour, or small children who have no sense of feminine sex. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And all of you beg Allaah to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful”
[al-Noor 24:31]
So women are forbidden to show their adornments to non-mahram men, and perfume is undoubtedly one of the woman’s adornments, so it is included in this prohibition.
And it was narrated that Zaynab, the wife of ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood, said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to us: “If one of you attends the mosque, let her not put on perfume.” Narrated by Muslim (443).
If the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade women to go out to the mosque wearing perfume, because men will usually smell some of the fragrance because of close proximity and there being no barrier between men and woman, then it is more likely that women are not allowed to go out to the marketplace and gatherings wearing perfume, although it is not regarded as a major sin, rather it is something that is clearly haraam.
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami said in al-Zawaajir ‘an Iqtiraab al-Kabaa’ir (2/71-72):
The ahaadeeth which count it as a major sin should be interpreted as meaning that this applies if the fitnah is certainly there; when there is merely the fear of fitnah, then it is makrooh, or when she thinks it will cause fitnah then it is haraam but is not a major sin, as is obvious. End quote.
4 – When she puts on perfume and thinks it most likely that her fragrance will not reach people and that men will not smell any of it, such as if she is going out in her husband’s car on a trip to an isolated place, or to visit her family, or she is going out in her husband’s car to a gathering for women only, or she is going to the mosque in the car and she is going to get out at the entrance to the prayer-hall that is for women only and is completely separate from the men, then she is going to come straight back in the car without walking in the street, and other such situations where the woman does not expect to pass through the streets and her aim in putting on perfume is to keep herself clean in general as enjoined by sharee’ah. In that case there is nothing wrong with her using perfume, because the reason for the prohibition, which is that the fragrance might reach other men, does not apply.
The evidence for that is as follows:
(i) The apparent reason for the prohibition in the evidence quoted above does not apply in this case, so there is no fitnah and there is no provocation of desire.
(ii) In Sunnah there is an indication that the womenfolk of the Sahaabah used to use perfume when they thought it most likely that it would not be smelt by men.
It was narrated that ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: We used to go out with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to Makkah, and we would apply perfume to our foreheads when entering ihraam, then if one of us sweated it would run down her face, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would see it but he would not rebuke her.
Narrated by Abu Dawood (1830) and classed as hasan by al-Nawawi in al-Majmoo’ (7/219) and as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
This is to be understood in the light of the conditions that were known in earlier times, when the caravan of women was separate from that of men, or the woman would be in her howdah and did not mix with men or pass by the places where they were.
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Majmoo’ al-Fataawa (10/40):
It is permissible for her to apply perfume if she is going out to a place of women and is not going to pass by men in the street. End quote.
It says in Jalasaat Ramadaaniyyah (1415/al-Majlis al-Khaamis/Majmoo’at As’ilah tuhimm al-Usrah) by Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him):
But if the woman is going to ride in the car and her fragrance will only be apparent to those before whom she may show the fragrance, and she will exit the car and go straight to her workplace without there being any men around her, then there is nothing wrong with it, because there is nothing haraam involved. When she is in her car it is as if she is in her house. But if she is going to pass by men then it is not permissible for her to wear perfume. End quote.
If an emergency arises in which some men happen to smell the perfume of this woman, because of a car accident, for example, or a sudden illness because of which she is taken to the hospital and the like, then this is something that is forgiven, in sha Allah, because Allaah does not burden any soul beyond its scope and the shar’i ruling is to be followed in cases where one has the choice, not in cases of necessity.
And Allaah knows best.
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