regarding the scholars' disagreement on the ruling of smoking and what are the evidence for its prohibition?

The questioner : ... ... So what is the evidence for its prohibition, so that when the topic is opened, we can speak clearly?

The Shaykh: Fine, has a study on the prohibition of smoking ever reached your ears?

The questioner: I told them, as far as I am concerned ... .

The Shaykh: You didn't answer me ... .

The questioner: ... Smoking is forbidden, my sir, I told them: It is forbidden. They said to me: What is your evidence? I told them: Analogy to the ... .

The Shaykh: May Allah have mercy on the question, what do we need to do, we need to pray for him!

The questioner: ... I want a clear proof ... .

The Shaykh: Perhaps, I am asking you a question, pay attention; I say - do not hold me accountable for what I say - : It is not my duty to teach people only from the knowledge I have, I have a second duty; I teach people how to speak and ask, and how to answer, do you see? Will you hold me accountable for this or support me?

The questioner: ... May Allah have mercy on the question, I support you.

The Shaykh : How?

Another questioner: He supports you.

The Shaykh: ... This is not evidence, this is not an argument, I say: This issue does not need ... .

The questioner: My sir, I am coming to learn.

The Shaykh: By Allah, I know; that is why I am keen to teach you even the thing you are not asking about, what do you think? Even the thing you are not asking about, when you ask something, I do not want to answer you, but sometimes my answer is built on a question from me to you, so you need to pay attention to the question and answer it, not deviate far from it, answer me like your neighbor next to ... I ask him about something and he answers about other things!! There is no need for it, it may be time for the need, but now it is not the time for this, my question to you was: Has a study on the evidence for the prohibition of smoking reached your ears? You say: No, you say: Yes.

The questioner: ... Just hearing, I heard that some people forbade it and some people permitted it and some people allowed it, but I do not know the evidence?

The Shaykh: Fine; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , did you hear this hadith?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Good; do you know ... what does it mean? Even if you know, we move on to something else, if you do not know, we stop there.

The questioner: No, explain it to me.

The Shaykh: It means: It is not permissible for a Muslim to harm himself, and it is not permissible for a Muslim to harm another, no harm to oneself and no harm to another, clear? Now, what is your belief about smoking, according to what you know, is it harmful to the smoker or beneficial?

The questioner: Harmful.

The Shaykh: Then it is correct to say to him: It is not permissible for you to smoke because it is harmful to you, and the Messenger of Allah said: , correct? This is the evidence ... You are in the second part of the hadith: , why did I not ask you about the first part of the hadith? You know that the smoker harms himself, you answered ... you said: Yes, now you have an understanding of the answer to the following question, do you know that the one who smokes harms another?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Then he combined the two parts of the hadith in violation, so he harms himself and harms another, correct? Then what evidence do you want stronger than this? There are other evidences, but this evidence is focused on smoking; he harms himself and harms another, and the Messenger of Allah says to him: It is not permissible for you to harm yourself, let alone that it is not permissible for you to harm another.

The questioner: The hadith...

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner: The hadith ... the prohibition?

The Shaykh: Of course, the prohibition.

The questioner : This...

The Shaykh: What do you have doubt about, He (the Exalted) said: , what does this indicate, the prohibition or the sanctity?

The questioner: It indicates the prohibition.

The Shaykh: And it indicates the prohibition ... .
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The questioner: ... Not all hadiths prohibit.

The Shaykh: How?

The questioner: Not all hadiths prohibit.

The Shaykh: According to - my brother - the text of the hadith, according to the text of the hadith.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: ... This is not a command here, it is a prohibition, it is different ... Did you doubt the indication of the verse regarding the prohibition?

The questioner: No, I did not doubt ... .

The Shaykh: ... Let the research be a give and take, what is the difference between and , what is the difference from the Arabic perspective?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: There is no difference, but there is a command that comes for obligation, there is a command that comes for recommendation, there is a command that comes for guidance, yes, there is such a thing, but what brought us from here to there, we are now in this phrase: Arabic ... It is not permissible for you to harm yourself and it is not permissible for you to harm another.

The questioner: Some people say to me: Bring me a Qur'anic verse for the prohibition.

The Shaykh: Yes, I respond to him; I say to him: Are you a Muslim? He says to me: Yes. Fine; do you believe in Allah? He says to me: Of course. I say to him: Do you believe in the Messenger of Allah? He says to me: Certainly, why are you asking this question? I say to him: Because you were not convinced by the words of the Messenger of Allah and you returned to the words of Allah.

Another questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: ... So you say: There are people like this and there are people who also respond to him like this, so you need to know how to respond to him, clear?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: These people need a special lecture to know the value of the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), they need a special lecture to clarify the value of the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in Islam, and that whoever does not ... the Sunnah is never a Muslim, he is not a Muslim if he prays and fasts, rather he cannot pray and fast while he does not give weight to the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), so when one says to you: Is there a verse in the Qur'an? You say to him: Why did you not like the words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? He says to you: At my service ... He says to you: At my service. Fine; if it is at your service, stay with the words of the Messenger.
Then we move to a second issue to confirm that the harm here is forbidden; I think you know his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): , and you know that the bad tree is garlic or onion, and that eating garlic and onion is lawful, not forbidden like smoking, but its smell is bad, so when the time for prayer comes, and just as it is obligatory for him to pray the five prayers, it is obligatory for him to pray them in congregation, do you know this thing? What do you think ... if the Messenger said to him: You, the one who eats the lawful garlic and onion, it is not permissible for you to go to the mosque to perform your obligation ... .