The Wife's Position on Her Husband's Smoking
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Question:
This questioner says: Shaykh, my husband smokes shisha and buys cigarettes in large quantities, and he spends a lot on them. So I take two cartons or more and hide them without him noticing, hoping to help him quit this evil. What is my position in this? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
This is not enough, that you hide some cartons from him, because he goes and buys more. As long as he is afflicted with heavy smoking, if he needs it, he goes and buys it. But the solution is that you support him and show him the harm in smoking, so that perhaps he will leave it and stay away from it. Or you advise one of his relatives or friends to advise him. Try your best to advise him directly or through someone who supports him. Do not assist him in smoking; do not bring him cigarettes if he asks you to. Say no. There is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator. Yes.
This questioner says: Shaykh, my husband smokes shisha and buys cigarettes in large quantities, and he spends a lot on them. So I take two cartons or more and hide them without him noticing, hoping to help him quit this evil. What is my position in this? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
This is not enough, that you hide some cartons from him, because he goes and buys more. As long as he is afflicted with heavy smoking, if he needs it, he goes and buys it. But the solution is that you support him and show him the harm in smoking, so that perhaps he will leave it and stay away from it. Or you advise one of his relatives or friends to advise him. Try your best to advise him directly or through someone who supports him. Do not assist him in smoking; do not bring him cigarettes if he asks you to. Say no. There is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/222 — archive.org (14:02)
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