What is the ruling on smoking?

Question:
Our brother has a number of questions. In one of them, he asks about the ruling on smoking in Islam, especially since we hear that it is disliked. Is this correct? Please guide us. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The ruling on smoking is that it is forbidden, based on what has been established by all doctors in the world that it is harmful to health and a cause of serious diseases, in addition to its foul smell and its effect on the smoker.
Among the bad effects that appear on his body and his lips, and the foulness of its smell, and other harms, is that it is a means of spending large amounts of money without any benefit. There is no doubt in its prohibition. All doctors in the world affirm that this smoke is harmful, that it is foul, and that it has no benefit whatsoever. And whatever is such, there is no doubt in its prohibition. As for the one who says that it is disliked, his statement is not based on evidence or correct reasoning.
It is a denial of reality. In fact, it is forbidden, and there is no doubt in its prohibition. In the past, before medical analyses appeared and before medicine developed, they were ignorant of many of its harms, and they only disliked it because of its foul smell and the ugliness of its appearance. But today, with the precise diagnoses of its harms and dangers, there is no room for doubt about its prohibition.