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Question: Anise alcohol
Salams

I recently purchased some lipstick from Urban Decay it is free from animal products however it contains anise alcohol. Would this be permissable to use? Also if lipstick contains any other alcohol would it be permissable?

Jk for your time
 
 
Answered by: Ulamaa ID 03 (UK)
Date: 24/10/2012 11:51am

Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Al Jawaab Billahit-Tawfeeq

Respected brother/sister


Cosmetic alcohols:As a rule, alcohols (as long as they are not sourced from
dates or grapes) for external use in the form of medicines or beauty
products are permissible. If they are for internal use then the ruling
applied is: impermissible unless there is no suitable alternative.

So, in that case, the alcohol would not be problematic in the said products.

And Allah knows best
(Mufti) Abdullah Patel
Halal Food Guide
 
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