Does smoke have a smell that harms the worshippers?
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The questioner : It is more than just a smell; onions are harmful in terms of their smell, but smoke causes suffering. How? Smoke means harm. If a smoker sits with a smoker, it is as if he is smoking, because the smoke enters with the breath.
The Shaykh : No, if he is smoking with the same action, but if he is not with him.
The questioner : The one coming next to me, the one behind me.
The Shaykh : No, he is not smoking now; I mean, a person came to the mosque having smoked. But does it harm like the smell of onions?
The questioner : Subhan Allah, something comes out. How? If he says Subhan Allah and he is reciting in the prayer, this smell comes out as if he is drinking smoke. Strange.
The Shaykh : I mean, in the middle of the breath.
The questioner : Yes. There, the fish emits this first, or is it like?
The Shaykh : The smell.
The questioner : Very strict cleanliness.
The Shaykh : Because we have never heard anyone complain about it. I mean, many people complain to us now about some of those who eat onions or garlic, or some people have a bad odor, a foul smell, and they are harmed by it. But we have never heard anyone say, "By Allah, a smoker prayed next to me and I was harmed by him."
The questioner : Yes. Strange, he was holding it in his hand and telling him to tighten it because he was bothering him once he spoke. I see people coming out from one side for two days and running to the other side. Where are you going to commit treachery?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : By Allah, brother, this is a problem, because now I see some people, and I am coming for Friday, they enter near the mosque there. And they have not finished; they entered the mosque immediately. This means that we must forbid them from this thing. As long as the people are harmed by them, the angels are harmed.
The Shaykh : By Allah, my brother, this is a problem, because now I see some people, and I am coming for the Friday prayer, entering near the mosque there. And they have not finished; they entered the mosque immediately, which means that we must forbid them from this. As long as the people are harmed by them, the angels are harmed.
The questioner : He comes out and is still finishing his 'Umrah and holding the line.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide them. In any case, if we say that the angels are harmed by smoking for the sake of its smell. Good.
The Shaykh : No, if he is smoking with the same action, but if he is not with him.
The questioner : The one coming next to me, the one behind me.
The Shaykh : No, he is not smoking now; I mean, a person came to the mosque having smoked. But does it harm like the smell of onions?
The questioner : Subhan Allah, something comes out. How? If he says Subhan Allah and he is reciting in the prayer, this smell comes out as if he is drinking smoke. Strange.
The Shaykh : I mean, in the middle of the breath.
The questioner : Yes. There, the fish emits this first, or is it like?
The Shaykh : The smell.
The questioner : Very strict cleanliness.
The Shaykh : Because we have never heard anyone complain about it. I mean, many people complain to us now about some of those who eat onions or garlic, or some people have a bad odor, a foul smell, and they are harmed by it. But we have never heard anyone say, "By Allah, a smoker prayed next to me and I was harmed by him."
The questioner : Yes. Strange, he was holding it in his hand and telling him to tighten it because he was bothering him once he spoke. I see people coming out from one side for two days and running to the other side. Where are you going to commit treachery?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : By Allah, brother, this is a problem, because now I see some people, and I am coming for Friday, they enter near the mosque there. And they have not finished; they entered the mosque immediately. This means that we must forbid them from this thing. As long as the people are harmed by them, the angels are harmed.
The Shaykh : By Allah, my brother, this is a problem, because now I see some people, and I am coming for the Friday prayer, entering near the mosque there. And they have not finished; they entered the mosque immediately, which means that we must forbid them from this. As long as the people are harmed by them, the angels are harmed.
The questioner : He comes out and is still finishing his 'Umrah and holding the line.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide them. In any case, if we say that the angels are harmed by smoking for the sake of its smell. Good.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2021 - 4600 هل للدخان رائحة تؤذي المصلين؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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