What is the advice for one who smokes, and is it permissible to disobey the father if he asks his children to buy or prepare it for him?
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Question:
One of our sisters says: My father prays and fasts, and he has performed the obligatory Hajj several times, but he smokes and is strongly attached to it. He knows that it is forbidden, and he says, "I cannot give it up." He has heard many times on the *Nur 'ala al-Darb* program about smoking, but he has not abandoned it. He asks me to bring him the lighter and the tobacco, and if I do not do so, he will become very angry. Am I sinful when I help him with this evil? Please guide us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This is a calamity and a misfortune. It is obligatory for him to have determination and strong faith, and to leave this thing without being completely weak, so that Satan does not dominate him. He should seek help from Allah the Exalted, and Allah will help him. The people whose hearts were filled with faith left their children and their homelands; they emigrated in the cause of Allah, so they left sins in general and repented to Allah from the deeds they were doing. They may have been a thousand, but by the strength of their faith and the soundness of their determination, Allah helped them to leave what they loved for the sake of Allah. So this is a believing man who must leave smoking because it is harmful, forbidden, and abominable. He must have sincere determination and faith that helps him to leave this abominable thing.
As for the fact that he orders you to bring him the tobacco and the lighter, this is an order in which obedience is not permissible because it is a sin. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Mishkat al-Masabih 3696 and this is taken from the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Ma'idah 5:2]. Yes.
One of our sisters says: My father prays and fasts, and he has performed the obligatory Hajj several times, but he smokes and is strongly attached to it. He knows that it is forbidden, and he says, "I cannot give it up." He has heard many times on the *Nur 'ala al-Darb* program about smoking, but he has not abandoned it. He asks me to bring him the lighter and the tobacco, and if I do not do so, he will become very angry. Am I sinful when I help him with this evil? Please guide us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This is a calamity and a misfortune. It is obligatory for him to have determination and strong faith, and to leave this thing without being completely weak, so that Satan does not dominate him. He should seek help from Allah the Exalted, and Allah will help him. The people whose hearts were filled with faith left their children and their homelands; they emigrated in the cause of Allah, so they left sins in general and repented to Allah from the deeds they were doing. They may have been a thousand, but by the strength of their faith and the soundness of their determination, Allah helped them to leave what they loved for the sake of Allah. So this is a believing man who must leave smoking because it is harmful, forbidden, and abominable. He must have sincere determination and faith that helps him to leave this abominable thing.
As for the fact that he orders you to bring him the tobacco and the lighter, this is an order in which obedience is not permissible because it is a sin. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
God’s Messenger as saying, “A creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the "Creator.”
صلى الله عليه وسلم لا طاعة لمخلوق في معصية الخالق،And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما النصيحة لمن يشرب الدخان، وهل يجوز عصيان الأب إذا كان يطلب من أبنائه شراءه أو اعداده؟ — youtube.com
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