Smoking in government offices
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Question:
It is not hidden from Your Eminence that smoking is still taking place in some government offices to this day; because the royal order was not followed up. We spoke to some of the heads of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, and they said they have no order. So what is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, on that?
Answer:
May Allah will it, it will be followed up. Smoking is forbidden, its harm is great, and its earnings are illicit, and its consumption is illicit; it is all forbidden. Its price and its sale are all forbidden. And it will be followed up with the Muslims, may Allah reward them with good for the general circular regarding its prohibition and prevention.
It is not hidden from Your Eminence that smoking is still taking place in some government offices to this day; because the royal order was not followed up. We spoke to some of the heads of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, and they said they have no order. So what is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, on that?
Answer:
May Allah will it, it will be followed up. Smoking is forbidden, its harm is great, and its earnings are illicit, and its consumption is illicit; it is all forbidden. Its price and its sale are all forbidden. And it will be followed up with the Muslims, may Allah reward them with good for the general circular regarding its prohibition and prevention.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 40 — archive.org (1:30:23)
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