{"_id":"686bc5d61ae17e7e24d55ff2","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"How should we understand the prohibitions on women wearing perfume in public?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"I'm having difficulty understanding the impermissibility of perfume. Why is it sunnah and encouraged for men to wear perfume when going to the mosque, but if a man were to smell a pleasing scent on a woman, she would get the sin of zina? It feels like such an extreme difference where gender can differentiate something from being sunnah to being one the biggest sins in Islam. \\n\\nHijab and tabarruj are things that I already struggle with - both due to insecurities and also the fact that there is a clear difference in how I'm treated when I look a certain way, (like people respecting me more if I look more put together). This ruling of perfume on woman just makes me feel like any form of feminine expression is wrong. I've tried just sticking to constant showers and good fabric softeners, but smelling like nothing just feels one step away from smelling bad. My intentions really are that of hygiene. I really don't mean to sound extreme, but it really effects my iman when it feels like the \\\"sunnah\\\" is essentially calling me a prostitute for merely having feminine tendencies. \\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"The hadiths that warn against women wearing perfume in public refer specifically to provocative perfuming, such as when a woman intentionally applies a strong fragrance in a way that attracts attention in public spaces. The sin mentioned in such hadiths is not due to the mere expression of femininity, but rather because the act becomes a means of arousing illicit desire, which Islam seeks to prevent in order to protect both the individual and the wider community.\\n\\nFor further reading, please see: \"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://www.carolinaqa.com/q/668da08c0b76658b4c233a2a\"},\"insert\":\"Can women wear perfume in public?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff70b76658b4c232a7b","tag":"Worship: Sins","count":100},{"_id":"668d9fde0b76658b4c232779","tag":"Women: Modesty","count":60},{"_id":"668d9fe00b76658b4c2327ba","tag":"Women: Beauty","count":54},{"_id":"668d9fe20b76658b4c232800","tag":"Women: Sexual Health","count":36}],"createdOn":"2025-07-07T13:04:22.748Z"}