A man tried by Allah with smoking and the secret habit, who has attempted to quit but failed; what is your advice for him?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man has been tried by Allah with smoking and the secret habit. He has tried to quit them repeatedly, but he has been unable to do so. He says: What is your advice for me?

Answer:
He is not unable to do it, but he lacks resolve. He has a weakness in his resolve. He makes a firm intention, resolves to do good, and calls upon Allah to help him and to abandon these things. People have abandoned matters harder than this; they abandoned them while loving them and being accustomed to them, but they abandoned them for the sake of Allah. They abandoned them for Allah the Mighty and Majestic, and Allah helped them to abandon them. So, be sincere in your intention for the sake of Allah, and resolve to abandon it as well. Stay away, stay away from its people; do not let them promote it to you or entice you toward it. Stay away from them and sit with the people of righteousness and uprightness.