The Ruling on Selling Ma'sal and Tobacco

Question:
This questioner asks about the ruling on selling ma'sal and other harmful substances, and tobacco, and whether this money is lawful?

Answer:
No, this is forbidden money because tobacco is forbidden, and ma'sal, which is more severe than it—ma'sal being the substances they take intending for it to strengthen the person or give him a broad chest or the like—all of these are intoxicants and narcotics and are not valid. And tobacco is harmful to health, harmful to the body, harmful due to its foul smell, and it has no benefit in any way. And qat is more severe than it, more forbidden than it. And khamr (intoxicants) is more severe and more severe. So the Muslim should preserve his mind and not let these intoxicants or narcotics enter it. Yes.