What is the ruling on using shamma?

Question:
Another person says: We inform Your Eminence that shamma has become widespread among some people. If you advise them not to use it, they respond that they have not heard any statement or hadith from the scholars regarding it, because the scholars have spoken about other matters, but they have not spoken about shamma. They say, if there were anything wrong with it, they would have spoken about it. So what is your view, Your Eminence, so that perhaps they will hear a statement from you and adhere to it when they listen to the recorded tapes? May Allah grant you success in what He loves, O Abu...

Answer:
Shamma is part of tobacco, and is derived from tobacco. Tobacco and all its derivatives are prohibited; it is all harmful, it is all wrong, all its derivatives. It is obligatory to abandon it out of fear of the great harms that doctors have pointed out. Furthermore, it is harmful in itself; it does not satisfy hunger, nor does it provide any benefit; rather, it harms and does not benefit. And He, the Exalted, said that He only calls to good things, in the Qur'an itself. He, the Exalted, said: He, the Mighty and Majestic, said: The good things are the beneficial, useful things. If its benefit is purely harmful and not predominant, it is not among these good things. He, the Exalted, said regarding the will of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): So tobacco, intoxicants, and all other things that harm the servant are all among the abominations that must be avoided and feared. And the sun is a barrier against them. We ask Allah for all those who are now many people. They call it tobacco. And he. May Allah preserve him, but Allah extends guidance to them.