What is the ruling on a woman's use of laundry detergents and fabric softeners whose scent emanates on the street, and is this scent considered among the perfumes forbidden by Islamic law, which falls under the ruling of the hadith: "Any woman who perfumes herself and passes by a group of people so that they may smell her fragrance is an adulteress"?
It is not permissible for a woman to leave her house wearing perfume. If the scent of laundry detergents is fragrant and discernible by men, then it is not permissible to go out in those clothes until the scent is removed. However, if the scent is not fragrant, then there is no harm.
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