The ruling on giving zakah to a poor brother who smokes cigarettes - Ibn

Question : The questioner says: If my brother does not have enough to meet his needs, and he spends more than half his salary on cigarettes, is it valid for me to give him my zakah? And if he has a debt, may I give him from my zakah?

Answer : Yes. There is no doubt that smoking cigarettes is forbidden. And the one who persists in smoking is persisting in disobedience. The scholars said that persisting in minor sins attaches them to major sins. For this reason, I direct advice from this place to our brothers who have been afflicted with smoking: let them repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) from it, and let them preserve their health and their wealth by avoiding it. For its destruction of wealth is an apparent matter, and its harm to health is also an apparent matter. Do not say that some people may smoke and not be harmed, for if they left it, they would be healthier in body and stronger in energy.
And they would also have more wealth. Then, after that, we say: this one who has been afflicted with smoking, if he is poor, it is possible to give the zakah to his wife, and she buys the household necessities herself to complete the needs of the house. And it is possible to say to him: we have zakah, do you want us to buy for you such and such and such of your necessary needs? And we ask him to appoint us as his agent to buy these things. By this, the objective is achieved and the concern is removed, which is helping him in sin. For whoever gives a person coins to buy cigarettes to smoke has helped him in sin and entered into what Allah forbade in His saying: The questioner says: As for the debt, giving him from the zakah is permissible. Yes.