What is the ruling on smoking? And is it a nullifier for the fasting person?
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The questioner: ... our young one.
The Shaykh: As for this, it is a question!!
The questioner: This is not food.
The Shaykh: And what is it?
The questioner: Medicine.
The Shaykh: Medicine, medicine is either drunk or eaten, and it does not go beyond one of the two. In any case, these are matters in which there is much going back and forth.
The questioner: ... its permissibility.
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah!
The questioner: Some ... with its permissibility.
The Shaykh: Then.
The questioner: Even if the requirements ... are not food.
The Shaykh: It is not food.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Okay; and smoking?
The questioner : Desire.
The Shaykh : Desire.
The questioner: It is not food.
The Shaykh: It is not food.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes, in reality, we asked many doctors; so we finally understood that something of light droplets enters the lungs.
The questioner: Does it break the fast?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh: As for this, it is a question!!
The questioner: This is not food.
The Shaykh: And what is it?
The questioner: Medicine.
The Shaykh: Medicine, medicine is either drunk or eaten, and it does not go beyond one of the two. In any case, these are matters in which there is much going back and forth.
The questioner: ... its permissibility.
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah!
The questioner: Some ... with its permissibility.
The Shaykh: Then.
The questioner: Even if the requirements ... are not food.
The Shaykh: It is not food.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Okay; and smoking?
The questioner : Desire.
The Shaykh : Desire.
The questioner: It is not food.
The Shaykh: It is not food.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes, in reality, we asked many doctors; so we finally understood that something of light droplets enters the lungs.
The questioner: Does it break the fast?
The Shaykh: Yes.
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