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my question is whether it is permissible to use a hand sanitizer which has ethyl alcohol in it? My doctor recomends that I use it. (However it is not a necessity.)

· 2 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1430 AH1 min readFatwa 18336English
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Question

my question is whether it is permissible to use a hand sanitizer which has ethyl alcohol in it? My doctor recomends that I use it. (However it is not a necessity.)

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

It is permissible for one to use hand sanitizer which contains ethyl alcohol.

(Ahsan ul-Fatawa, 8/ 483-490, Saeed)

(Fatawa Mahmoodiya, 18/ 183, Farooqiyah)

And Allah knows best

Wassalaamu `alaykum

Ml. Sajid bin Shabbir,
Student Darul Iftaa

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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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