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Mouthwash which contains alcohol

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Q: I was using mouth wash for longtime but never realize that it has 20% of alcohol in it so the question is: Is it permissible to use mouth wash even if it contains alcohol (because we are using it as medicine)? If I don’t use it then I start getting bad breath so I have to do something. Please tell me what to do?

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A: Try and look for a mouthwash that is free of alcohol. Recently dentists have agreed that the best mouthwash is salt water.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

( والحقنة ) للتداوي ولو للرجل بطاهر لا بنجس وكذا كل تداو لا يجوز إلا بطاهر وجوزه في النهاية بمحرم إذا أخبره طبيب مسلم أن فيه شفاء ولم يجد مباحا يقوم مقامه (الدر المختار 1/ 388-389)

وأكل الترياق يكره إذا كان فيه شيء من الحيات وإن باع ذلك جاز (الفتاوى الهندية 1/ 355)

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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