What is the Islamic ruling on smoking?

Question:
If we advise someone who is afflicted with smoking, and he says that it is permissible to import, sell, and smoke it openly, what do we say to him? Is it not the duty of the Muslim rulers to advise the Muslims, especially since health

Answer:
responds to them, and the authorities have warned against it and worked to warn people about it, so we ask Allah to grant him success in preventing it among the people. The governments are not a proof; governments may permit some things for political reasons, social reasons, or other reasons. So the existence of permission from an Islamic government is not evidence that the thing is permissible. No, permissibility and prohibition depend on the evidence, and the evidence is the judge among people. It is not said that the government issued such a decree and it becomes lawful. No, it is obligatory for the believer to follow the evidence, and not to rely on the statement that the government issued such a decree or permitted such a thing, for the government is not infallible. Many people. These songs on television and on the radio, are they lawful?
They are forbidden, even if they are on the radio or on television. Songs and sources of amusement, such as the 'ud and others, are forbidden, and yet they have not been banned to this day. May Allah grant you success and forgive those He loves. And so it is with smoking; it is from this category, prohibited and forbidden, even if it enters the country. We ask Allah for safety.