The Ruling on Smoking and Eating Hyena
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Fatwa No. ( 1550 )
Q: It includes an explanation of the ruling on smoking and eating hyena.
A: Smoking is forbidden; because it is a foul, disgusting thing to those with pure, sound souls and minds, and Allah the Exalted says:[Al-A'raf 7:157] the verse, and He the Exalted says: [Al-Ma'idah 5:4] and because it is intoxicating, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited, as narrated by Ahmad and Abu Dawud from Umm Salimah , every intoxicant and every intoxicating thing, and because its harm to health is medically established, and it is known that what is established to be harmful is forbidden to use; and because
spending in the situation described is considered a waste of money, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited the waste of money, as narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim - may Allah have mercy on them -Bulugh al-Maram 16:20 and the dislike here is a dislike of prohibition. As for eating hyena, it is lawful; as narrated by Imam Ahmad and the authors of the Sunan from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Abi 'Ammar who said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 851Sahih (Darussalam) and success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and his Companions.
Q: It includes an explanation of the ruling on smoking and eating hyena.
A: Smoking is forbidden; because it is a foul, disgusting thing to those with pure, sound souls and minds, and Allah the Exalted says:
Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil
الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الأُمِّيَّ الَّذِي يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوبًا عِنْدَهُمْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالإِنْجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَاهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَائِثَThey ask you, [O Muhammad], what has been made lawful for them. Say, "Lawful for you are [all] good foods
يَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا أُحِلَّ لَهُمْ قُلْ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتُspending in the situation described is considered a waste of money, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited the waste of money, as narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim - may Allah have mercy on them -
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Allah has made it prohibited for you to be disrespectful (showing undutiful behavior) to your mothers, to bury your daughters alive, to refuse others (their dues), and to demand things from others (which are not worth demanding), and He hates that you engage in gossip, asking many questions about people’s affairs and wasting wealth.”
أن رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قال: إن الله حرم عليكم عقوق الأمهات ووأد البنات ومنعًا وهات، وكره لكم قيل وقال وكثرة السؤال وإضاعة المالI asked Jabir bin Abdullah: 'Is the hyena game?' He said: 'Yes'" He said: "I said: 'Can it be eaten?' He said: 'Yes.'" He said: "I said: 'Did the Messenger of Allah say that?' He said: 'Yes.'"
قلت لجابر : الضبع أصيد هي؟ قال: نعم، قلت: آكلها؟ قال: نعم، قلت: أقاله رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم -؟ قال: نعم
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