What is the ruling on smoking?
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Question:
What is the ruling on smoking?
Answer:
Smoking means inhaling the smoke of tobacco or other intoxicants, whether through a cigarette or a…
…pipe or the shisha that they know. All of this is forbidden because it is harmful to health, a cause of diseases, foul-smelling, foul-tasting, and a means of spending money without benefit. It is forbidden, and there is no doubt about its prohibition, especially after it has been established by all doctors in the world, even the companies that produce tobacco acknowledge that it is harmful and write on its packaging that it is harmful to health. Therefore, there is no doubt after that about the prohibition of this substance, the prohibition of using it in any form. The Muslim must stay away from what harms him in his religion, harms him in his worldly life, and harms his body. All of these things are present in tobacco: it is harmful to religion because it makes people dislike the righteous servants of Allah; it is harmful to the body because it causes many well-known diseases that doctors in the world have identified, and they are too famous to be mentioned; and it is harmful to money because it requires a lot of spending and a lot of money without benefit. Yes.
What is the ruling on smoking?
Answer:
Smoking means inhaling the smoke of tobacco or other intoxicants, whether through a cigarette or a…
…pipe or the shisha that they know. All of this is forbidden because it is harmful to health, a cause of diseases, foul-smelling, foul-tasting, and a means of spending money without benefit. It is forbidden, and there is no doubt about its prohibition, especially after it has been established by all doctors in the world, even the companies that produce tobacco acknowledge that it is harmful and write on its packaging that it is harmful to health. Therefore, there is no doubt after that about the prohibition of this substance, the prohibition of using it in any form. The Muslim must stay away from what harms him in his religion, harms him in his worldly life, and harms his body. All of these things are present in tobacco: it is harmful to religion because it makes people dislike the righteous servants of Allah; it is harmful to the body because it causes many well-known diseases that doctors in the world have identified, and they are too famous to be mentioned; and it is harmful to money because it requires a lot of spending and a lot of money without benefit. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم التدخين؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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