The Ruling on Selling Forbidden Items, Vulgar Magazines, and Tobacco

Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling in Islam regarding a certain type of caller, who is in disobedience to Allah and His Messenger? Also, what is the ruling on selling these items, and his claim that the shop is spacious, believing falsely that they are part of the customers? And what is the ruling on purchasing from these shops?

Answer:
This is an abomination. Selling forbidden items, such as magazines, tobacco, and other prohibited things, is an abomination that must be refuted. One should advise the one who does it. Selling forbidden items is forbidden (haram). Indeed, when Allah forbids something, He forbids its sale.
Therefore, vulgar magazines are forbidden (haram), and selling them and their price is forbidden (haram). Tobacco is forbidden (haram), and its profit is forbidden (haram). Whatever Allah has forbidden, its price is forbidden (haram). The Muslim must fear Allah. The devil does not come to him and say, "If you put these things out, the customers will sit and desire your shop." This is from the devil. He must fear Allah and keep away from these forbidden things. In the lawful (halal) is what suffices him from the forbidden (haram). Whoever fears Allah, He will make a way out for him and provide for him from where he does not expect.