The Response to Those Who Say That Smoking Is Disliked

Question:
The questioner says: We ask Your Excellency to respond to those who say that smoking is disliked. When you explain to them that it is forbidden and provide them with the evidence, they say, “If it were forbidden, it would not have been brought into the Kingdom.”

Answer:
This is not evidence that if it were forbidden, it would not have been brought into the Kingdom. This is not evidence. Evidence from the Shari'ah is not from the Book and the Sunnah. This is not evidence. As for its entry into the Kingdom or its non-entry, that is not evidence.
Ask him: Is it among the good things or among the bad things? Ask him. If he says it is among the good things, he is lying; it is not among the good things. If he says it is among the bad things, say: The bad things are forbidden. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said, describing His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): So every bad thing is forbidden; every bad thing is forbidden. And every good thing is permissible. And you say to him: Is smoking among the good things or among the bad things? He cannot say it is among the good things, ever. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.