The Ruling on Smoking
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Question:
In his final question, he asks: Is smoking lawful or forbidden?
Answer:
Smoking, which involves tobacco and the like, is forbidden. What smokers consume harms themselves; they inhale this smoke into their throats, chests, and stomachs. This is forbidden because it is very harmful and causes serious diseases. It also drains money without any benefit and offends the people who sit with him or ride with him in a car or elsewhere. Thus, he harms himself, harms others, squanders his wealth, and damages his body. There are many harms in this vile smoke, so it is forbidden without doubt. It is obligatory for the one whom Allah has spared to thank Allah the Mighty and Majestic and to guard against it. It is obligatory for the one whom Allah has afflicted with it to repent to Allah the Mighty and Majestic, leave it, and save himself from this encompassing nightmare. We ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, for health for us and for our Muslim brothers, and we ask Allah for our afflicted brothers to repent from this affliction and leave it.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well.
In his final question, he asks: Is smoking lawful or forbidden?
Answer:
Smoking, which involves tobacco and the like, is forbidden. What smokers consume harms themselves; they inhale this smoke into their throats, chests, and stomachs. This is forbidden because it is very harmful and causes serious diseases. It also drains money without any benefit and offends the people who sit with him or ride with him in a car or elsewhere. Thus, he harms himself, harms others, squanders his wealth, and damages his body. There are many harms in this vile smoke, so it is forbidden without doubt. It is obligatory for the one whom Allah has spared to thank Allah the Mighty and Majestic and to guard against it. It is obligatory for the one whom Allah has afflicted with it to repent to Allah the Mighty and Majestic, leave it, and save himself from this encompassing nightmare. We ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, for health for us and for our Muslim brothers, and we ask Allah for our afflicted brothers to repent from this affliction and leave it.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 141 من المجموعة الأولى للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (6:48)
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