What is the ruling on using a deodorant that contains alcohol (Alcohol Denat (SD alcohol 39-c)), and is its ruling the same as that of perfumes, especially given that there are fatwas from Sheikh Al-Uthaymeen and some Azhar scholars permitting the use of alcoholic perfumes?
Anything containing alcohol is impermissible to use, because it is an intoxicant and impure, according to the consensus of the four schools of thought. Therefore, it is impermissible to use deodorants or perfumes that contain alcohol.
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