The ruling on a smoker entering the mosque

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Shaykh Salih, perhaps this question has another aspect intended by its asker, which is that the smell of smoke remains clinging to some people even when they are in the mosque, and at that time the worshippers and the angels are bothered by its smell. Do you have any other guidance, Shaykh Salih?

Answer:
His prayer itself is valid, but he commits a sin by consuming tobacco, and he commits a sin by bothering people. He commits a sin by bothering people, and by entering the mosque with a foul smell. He commits a sin by that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the one who eats onions and the one who eats garlic, forbidding them from entering the mosque until they remove this smell. Therefore, it is obligatory for one afflicted with tobacco to repent to Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and to leave tobacco so that he is safe from this sin, and from this harm. However, if he does not repent to Allah and has a foul smell from tobacco, then before he enters the mosque, he must use something to remove it, such as cleansers or things that cut the smell. He treats this bad effect, treating it with things that lighten it or remove it. Yes. May Allah benefit you, may Allah reward you with good, and do you good.