The Harms of Smoking

Question:
This questioner, Munira Sa'ad, says: Honorable Shaykh, is there any advice for my husband, who has harmed us by smoking in the house, even though the family is conservative? Also, when we go with him in the car, he bothers us. How do we ask him to get rid of this bad habit?

Answer:
Smoking is forbidden because of the many dangers it entails, and because it has no benefit in any way. Rather, it contains pure harm in the form of diseases, its effect on the body, and the weakening of strength. It has a foul smell that bothers people, and it involves spending money without benefit. It has many harms, and it contains serious diseases. It harms the people who accompany the smoker and harms his family and wife. It also affects them, because the effect of smoke on one who is near the smoker and smells it has an impact on the health of the one whose nose the smell of smoke enters. So it is evil. However, the smoker is afflicted with a lack of modesty, so he does not care about people, nor about the gathering, nor about his companions. He puffs the smoke in their faces, and he may be afflicted with a disease and disease-causing germs, so he causes harm to those around him. We ask Allah for well-being. It is obligatory for one who is afflicted with any of this to repent to Allah and to leave this foul, harmful substance that is foul to him, which consumes his wealth and weakens or destroys his health. There is no good in it in any way. Rather, Satan makes it attractive to the children of Adam. Ugly habits control the person, and bad companions influence him. He must respect his brothers, his companions, and his children, so that he does not become a bad example for them, and they grow up accustomed to smoking and to its people. So he harms himself and harms others. Yes.