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Is working in the perfume trade permissible or forbidden, knowing that it is forbidden for women to use perfume outside the home, and does the merchant bear a burden of sin for that?

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"From the worldly matters, women and perfume were made beloved to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and the coolness of his eyes was made in prayer." Using perfume is a form of beauty that Allah Almighty loves, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, Allah is beautiful and loves beauty." Selling it is permissible. If a woman buys it to use it outside her home for men to smell her scent, then the sin is upon her, as Allah Almighty says: "And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another." However, if the seller knows or strongly believes that the buyer will use it for an unlawful purpose, then he is not permitted to sell it, because that falls under aiding in disobedience.

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