Listening to the Qur'an and entering the mosque while smoking
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Fatwa No. ( 1000 )
Q1: Is it valid to listen to the Qur'an from the radio, from another person speaking, or via television while I am smoking a cigarette? Q2: Is it permissible to enter the mosque with a lit cigarette in one's hand, that is, before finishing it, or must it be thrown away before entering from the outer door of the ablution areas? Q3: Is it permissible to hold the Qur'an and read it, or merely to hold it or read it from memory, with a cigarette in one's hand? Q4: Is the cigarette forbidden or disliked? Q5: Some people said: It applies to the cigarette the saying of Allah the Exalted:
[Al-Ma'idah 5:3] meaning that it is included in what is dedicated to other than Allah. Is this correct?
A: The Committee has answered these five questions collectively due to the connection, proportionality, and shared aspects among them: Smoking is a sin among sins; because of the harm it causes to the body and the waste of money. The Shari'ah has forbidden it, and it falls under the general meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-A'raf 7:157] And because it is not among the good things, but rather among the evil things. If using tobacco and smoking a cigarette or the like is a sin, then committing it in the mosque, or when entering it, or when listening to the recitation of the Qur'an directly from a person or via the radio, or when a person is reciting the Qur'an while he is using it and has a cigarette in his hand—committing this sin in any of these states is more heinous and more reprehensible; because of the desecration of the places prepared for worship by committing sin in them, and the lack of regard for the sanctity of the Qur'an, which is the speech of Allah, the source of Islamic legislation and the fountainhead of wisdom, lesson, and good admonition, by committing this sin when listening to its reciter or when reciting it oneself
of the Qur'an. If people observe proper conduct in the gatherings of dignitaries and leaders and when ceremonies are delivered, how do they dare to commit a sin in the mosques of Muslims, which are prepared for worship and drawing near to Allah, or when studying the Qur'an and reciting it or listening to its reciter? It is obligatory to avoid smoking absolutely, and it becomes more emphasized to leave it when drawing near to Allah through dhikr or the recitation of the Qur'an or listening to it. And what was mentioned in the fifth question, that smoking or smoking a cigarette falls under the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:173] is not correct. For what is meant by "what is dedicated to other than Allah" is: what is slaughtered or sacrificed with a name other than the name of Allah mentioned over it, and what is in the meaning of that, which is the intention of drawing near with the slaughtered or sacrificed animal to other than Allah; for what was narrated by 'Ali ibn Abi Talib from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: Sahih Muslim 1978b Narrated by Muslim in (his Sahih). But it is sufficient in the prohibition of smoking—that is, smoking cigarettes—that it is among the evil things, and that it is harmful to the health of the one who uses it, and that it is extravagance and a waste of money, so it falls under the general meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-A'raf 7:157] And it falls under the general meaning of the hadith: Sunan Ibn Majah 2340Da'if (Darussalam) Narrated by Imam Ahmad in (his Musnad) and Ibn Majah in (his Sunan) through the route of Ibn 'Abbas from the Prophet
(peace and blessings be upon him). And it also falls under the general meaning of the hadith:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1941Da'if (Darussalam) Narrated by al-Tirmidhi from Abu Bakr from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and his Companions.
Q1: Is it valid to listen to the Qur'an from the radio, from another person speaking, or via television while I am smoking a cigarette? Q2: Is it permissible to enter the mosque with a lit cigarette in one's hand, that is, before finishing it, or must it be thrown away before entering from the outer door of the ablution areas? Q3: Is it permissible to hold the Qur'an and read it, or merely to hold it or read it from memory, with a cigarette in one's hand? Q4: Is the cigarette forbidden or disliked? Q5: Some people said: It applies to the cigarette the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنْـزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِA: The Committee has answered these five questions collectively due to the connection, proportionality, and shared aspects among them: Smoking is a sin among sins; because of the harm it causes to the body and the waste of money. The Shari'ah has forbidden it, and it falls under the general meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil
وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَائِثَof the Qur'an. If people observe proper conduct in the gatherings of dignitaries and leaders and when ceremonies are delivered, how do they dare to commit a sin in the mosques of Muslims, which are prepared for worship and drawing near to Allah, or when studying the Qur'an and reciting it or listening to its reciter? It is obligatory to avoid smoking absolutely, and it becomes more emphasized to leave it when drawing near to Allah through dhikr or the recitation of the Qur'an or listening to it. And what was mentioned in the fifth question, that smoking or smoking a cigarette falls under the saying of Allah the Exalted:
and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah
وَمَا أُهِلَّ بِهِ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِAllah cursed him who sacrificed for anyone besides Allah
لعن الله من ذبح لغير اللهprohibits for them the evil
وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَائِثَIt was narrated from 'Ubadah bin Samit that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ruled: “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”
لا ضرر ولا ضرار(peace and blessings be upon him). And it also falls under the general meaning of the hadith:
Cursed are those who harm a believer
ملعون من ضار مؤمنًا
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