The ruling on refusing a mother's advice to quit smoking
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Question:
This questioner says, may Allah protect you: My mother asks me to stop smoking, and I refuse to do so. Is this undutifulness to her? And what is the expiation for this, given that my mother has passed away and I am regretful about it?
Answer:
This is a disobedience to Allah Mighty and Majestic, a disobedience to Allah. Allah has forbidden this for you; He has forbidden for you all that is harmful, and He has forbidden for you to harm yourself,[Al-Baqarah 2:195]. So this is a right of Allah upon you: to obey Him and to avoid what Allah Mighty and Majestic has forbidden. As for your having contradicted your mother's advice, you are in error, and she is rewarded for that, and you have erred. But you must quit smoking, for it is harmful. Save yourself from destruction and harm, for it is harmful and a killer; because doctors have identified in it many serious diseases. So quit it. Yes.
This questioner says, may Allah protect you: My mother asks me to stop smoking, and I refuse to do so. Is this undutifulness to her? And what is the expiation for this, given that my mother has passed away and I am regretful about it?
Answer:
This is a disobedience to Allah Mighty and Majestic, a disobedience to Allah. Allah has forbidden this for you; He has forbidden for you all that is harmful, and He has forbidden for you to harm yourself,
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/253 — archive.org (13:32)
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