Is smoking a single cigarette or taking a single puff forbidden?
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onAl-Halabi : There is a point of difficulty here. Some of us, during our discussion of this...
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
Ali: Of course, I remember, praise be to Allah, the evidence we benefited from your Eminence in this matter. So he raised a point of difficulty, saying: Is smoking a single cigarette forbidden, or is taking a single puff also forbidden? None of the difficulties you used to prohibit smoking apply to us, neither in smoking a cigarette nor in taking a single sip of this smoke...
The Shaykh : We say to this...The questioner : or the questioner: Have you ever found a person in this world who smoked a single cigarette? So he is asking a hypothetical question. We say to him, I think we have touched on this research with you. What does it say about a person who takes a needle and dips it in wine...
Another questioner: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : Is that permissible? Does he permit that? I do not think so. If he transgresses and acts tyrannically and oversteps, we add a second one and say to him, "A needle, keep it quiet a bit," hehehe. So when does this person say it is forbidden?
onAl-Halabi : It becomes a point.
The Shaykh : Yes, when does he say it? He cannot determine a precise limit. For that reason, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 16:32 So if he is sincere, he is told to ask about real matters and not about hypothetical matters. This is the answer to this point of difficulty.
onAl-Halabi : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
Ali: Of course, I remember, praise be to Allah, the evidence we benefited from your Eminence in this matter. So he raised a point of difficulty, saying: Is smoking a single cigarette forbidden, or is taking a single puff also forbidden? None of the difficulties you used to prohibit smoking apply to us, neither in smoking a cigarette nor in taking a single sip of this smoke...
The Shaykh : We say to this...The questioner : or the questioner: Have you ever found a person in this world who smoked a single cigarette? So he is asking a hypothetical question. We say to him, I think we have touched on this research with you. What does it say about a person who takes a needle and dips it in wine...
Another questioner: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : Is that permissible? Does he permit that? I do not think so. If he transgresses and acts tyrannically and oversteps, we add a second one and say to him, "A needle, keep it quiet a bit," hehehe. So when does this person say it is forbidden?
onAl-Halabi : It becomes a point.
The Shaykh : Yes, when does he say it? He cannot determine a precise limit. For that reason, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
is like a shepherd who pastures (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he is liable to get in it
ومن حام حول الحمى يوشك أن يقع فيهonAl-Halabi : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well, yes.
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