The ruling on buying tobacco for a smoking father
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Question:
The questioner: My father is a smoker, and he sends me to buy tobacco for him. Is it permissible for me to buy this tobacco for him, or should I refrain from doing so? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
It is not permissible for you to obey him in this. This falls under the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He:[Al-'Ankabut 29:8] This is not shirk (associating partners with Allah), but it falls within the meaning of the verse, because it is disobedience. Shirk is the greatest of sins, and this is a type of sin. Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, says: [Al-Ma'idah 5:2] The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Mishkat al-Masabih 3696 He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Obedience is only in what is good, so do not obey a parent in disobedience."
Such as buying tobacco or other sins. But you must advise him and explain the harms of tobacco, so that perhaps he will quit it out of conviction. And if he orders you to buy it, say: "No, this is a sin, and I am not willing to participate with you in sin." Yes.
The questioner: My father is a smoker, and he sends me to buy tobacco for him. Is it permissible for me to buy this tobacco for him, or should I refrain from doing so? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
It is not permissible for you to obey him in this. This falls under the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He:
But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge
وَإِن جَاهَدَاكَ لِتُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌAnd cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِA creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the "Creator.”
لا طاعة لمخلوق في معصية الخالقSuch as buying tobacco or other sins. But you must advise him and explain the harms of tobacco, so that perhaps he will quit it out of conviction. And if he orders you to buy it, say: "No, this is a sin, and I am not willing to participate with you in sin." Yes.
Source
شراء السجائر — alfawzan.live
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