Is the ruling that smoking is forbidden considered a ruling based on opinion?

The questioner : You mentioned one day in your lessons that the scholar ... - Exalted is He - refers to the Shari'ah, and only says "opinion" regarding a specific issue ... Does using the term "prohibition" imply attributing it to Allah - Exalted is He -?

The Shaykh : There is a distinction in your statement. There is no evidence; it is merely an opinion. However, the example you gave does not apply to it as an opinion, because the prohibition of smoking is supported by many, many proofs. Among them is his saying - peace and blessings be upon him - : , and among them is: "He - peace and blessings be upon him - prohibited" - and upon you be peace - . If wasting money is not permissible even if there is no harm or injury, then it is even more so, and even more so, and even more so, that it is not permissible to waste money in something that harms oneself or harms others. Therefore, the example you gave does not match the claim that it is not permissible to attribute a ruling based on opinion to the Shari'ah. An opinion is one that relies solely on analogical reasoning and thought, which may be wrong or right. But when one says to you, "Allah said, the Messenger of Allah said," especially in our case here, which I consider to be encompassed by several proofs from the Shari'ah, we are certain that smoking is forbidden. We may even lean toward saying that it is more strictly forbidden than intoxicants, whose prohibition is explicitly stated in the Book and the Sunnah, because the scope of harm from smoking is wider than the harm from intoxicants, and this is a known matter. Is there anything else?

The questioner: Question.

The Shaykh: Go ahead.