Is it permissible to greet a smoker while he is smoking?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that it is the right of a Muslim over another Muslim that if he meets him, he should greet him. There are some of our colleagues at work who gather at the gate to smoke, because smoking is forbidden in the office. Should I greet them while they are in this state, or should I boycott them?
Answer:
Greet them and rebuke them for smoking and for displaying sin. If they comply, that is fine; otherwise, boycott them if the boycott deters them. If the boycott does not deter them but rather increases their evil, then greet them, advise them, repeat the advice, and do not despair, and you will have cleared your conscience.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that it is the right of a Muslim over another Muslim that if he meets him, he should greet him. There are some of our colleagues at work who gather at the gate to smoke, because smoking is forbidden in the office. Should I greet them while they are in this state, or should I boycott them?
Answer:
Greet them and rebuke them for smoking and for displaying sin. If they comply, that is fine; otherwise, boycott them if the boycott deters them. If the boycott does not deter them but rather increases their evil, then greet them, advise them, repeat the advice, and do not despair, and you will have cleared your conscience.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز إلقاء السلام على المدخِن أثناء تناوله للدخان؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.