The Ruling on Selling Tobacco and Giving Its Price in Charity
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on selling tobacco if I do not use its price, but rather set it aside from my other income and give it in charity?
The Shaykh:
Selling tobacco is forbidden; tobacco is forbidden, and selling it is forbidden, and smoking it is forbidden. Do not sell it and do not give it in charity. It is forbidden; it is not permissible to sell it or smoke it, just like intoxicants and things similar to them that harm the believer. The believer should beware of what Allah has forbidden him. Smoking is forbidden and has many harms, and so are all intoxicants. The believer should beware of that. Its price is haram (forbidden). If you have something else, give it in charity and do not consume it. And beware of selling it after this. We ask Allah for health and protection for everyone.
The presenter:
O my brothers, according to the index of the Taqwa recordings, the number of this tape is eleven thousand, two hundred and twelve.
The Shaykh:
O Allah, to You is the voice and upon Your Messenger.
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on selling tobacco if I do not use its price, but rather set it aside from my other income and give it in charity?
The Shaykh:
Selling tobacco is forbidden; tobacco is forbidden, and selling it is forbidden, and smoking it is forbidden. Do not sell it and do not give it in charity. It is forbidden; it is not permissible to sell it or smoke it, just like intoxicants and things similar to them that harm the believer. The believer should beware of what Allah has forbidden him. Smoking is forbidden and has many harms, and so are all intoxicants. The believer should beware of that. Its price is haram (forbidden). If you have something else, give it in charity and do not consume it. And beware of selling it after this. We ask Allah for health and protection for everyone.
The presenter:
O my brothers, according to the index of the Taqwa recordings, the number of this tape is eleven thousand, two hundred and twelve.
The Shaykh:
O Allah, to You is the voice and upon Your Messenger.
Source
وجوب التعاون على البر والتقوى — islamhouse.com (1:24:06)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.