Is smoking a nullifier of the fast?
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Question : The questioner says: If smoking is not food or drink, and does not take the place of food and drink, is it among the things that break the fast? And is the criterion here smoking through the nose or the mouth, or is the criterion reaching the stomach?
Answer : Imagine this question. This brother wants us to permit him to smoke in Ramadan.
And we tell him that smoking is forbidden for you in Ramadan and outside of Ramadan, at night and during the day. So fear Allah in yourself and quit this smoking, and preserve your health, your teeth, your wealth, your children, and your energy with your family, so that Allah may bless you with health and well-being. As for his saying that it is not a drink, I ask him: is it said that so-and-so smokes?
And the consumption of every thing is according to its nature. So this is a drink without doubt, but it is a harmful, forbidden drink. My advice to him and those like him is to fear Allah in himself, in his wealth, in his children, and in his family, because all these things are affected by the harm of using this tobacco. And I ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, for him and for our Muslim brothers protection from what angers Allah. Yes.
Answer : Imagine this question. This brother wants us to permit him to smoke in Ramadan.
And we tell him that smoking is forbidden for you in Ramadan and outside of Ramadan, at night and during the day. So fear Allah in yourself and quit this smoking, and preserve your health, your teeth, your wealth, your children, and your energy with your family, so that Allah may bless you with health and well-being. As for his saying that it is not a drink, I ask him: is it said that so-and-so smokes?
And the consumption of every thing is according to its nature. So this is a drink without doubt, but it is a harmful, forbidden drink. My advice to him and those like him is to fear Allah in himself, in his wealth, in his children, and in his family, because all these things are affected by the harm of using this tobacco. And I ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, for him and for our Muslim brothers protection from what angers Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[11 من 93] هل شرب الدخان مفطر للصيام؟!! الشيخ ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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