What is the ruling on smoking?
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Question:
What is the ruling on those who claim that smoking is not forbidden?
Answer:
They are mistaken. It is established that smoking is harmful and causes diseases, and this is admitted by doctors. Smoking also has a foul smell, and its effect on the body is bad. Furthermore, it is a means of spending money without benefit. So smoking is definitely forbidden, definitely forbidden, for several reasons. First, it is foul, and no one says it is good, ever. Allah the Exalted says:[Al-A'raf 7:157] Second, it causes diseases. Allah the Exalted says: [Al-Baqarah 2:195] The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Bulugh al-Maram 7:171 You are responsible for your health, responsible for your body. Why do you bring diseases to it?
Third, it is a means of spending money without benefit. Allah the Exalted says:[Al-A'raf 7:31], and He says, "And do not waste extravagantly." Spending money on smoking is extravagance and wastefulness, which is also forbidden. As for the smoker, you find people repulsed by him and they dislike him; they do not like to sit with him, not even in prayer. They do not want him to sit next to them because of the foul smells that emanate from him. Even if he turns to them or speaks to them, they are bothered by the smell of his mouth. How can a person be satisfied with committing these sins and these errors? And what does he get in the end? What is the result? The result is diseases. The result is deadly, fatal diseases. So the sensible Muslim must leave smoking in obedience to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
What is the ruling on those who claim that smoking is not forbidden?
Answer:
They are mistaken. It is established that smoking is harmful and causes diseases, and this is admitted by doctors. Smoking also has a foul smell, and its effect on the body is bad. Furthermore, it is a means of spending money without benefit. So smoking is definitely forbidden, definitely forbidden, for several reasons. First, it is foul, and no one says it is good, ever. Allah the Exalted says:
prohibits for them the evil
وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَائِثَand do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ(ﷺ) said: "There should neither be harming (of others without cause), nor reciprocating harm (between two parties)."
صلى الله عليه وسلم لا ضرر ولا ضرارThird, it is a means of spending money without benefit. Allah the Exalted says:
and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess.
وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَلَا تُسْرِفُوا إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم التدخين؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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