How to respond to those who say that smoking is not in the sense of eating or drinking?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, regarding a matter: some of the brothers raised the doubt of smokers, who say: "Smoking is not in the sense of eating and drinking, so smoking it does not break the fast." What is the answer to this doubt, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : As for the doubt, we say: what is it? You do not say that one "smokes smoke."
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : Is it not said: "smokes smoke"?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : That is the end of it.
The questioner : But they say: they compare it to perfume, which you are inhaling now.
The Shaykh : No, we do not inhale perfume in a way that reaches the stomach while fasting. As for applying perfume, there is no harm in that.
The questioner : So, does it break the fast?
The Shaykh : Who is it that smokes? It is not befitting for one who smokes while fasting to be flogged twice: once for breaking his fast and once for smoking.
The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : No, it is not an oath.
The questioner : Is it permissible to say: "Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah honor his face," or "Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib," or "Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah whiten his face"? And what is the best to say?
The Shaykh : As for the doubt, we say: what is it? You do not say that one "smokes smoke."
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : Is it not said: "smokes smoke"?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : That is the end of it.
The questioner : But they say: they compare it to perfume, which you are inhaling now.
The Shaykh : No, we do not inhale perfume in a way that reaches the stomach while fasting. As for applying perfume, there is no harm in that.
The questioner : So, does it break the fast?
The Shaykh : Who is it that smokes? It is not befitting for one who smokes while fasting to be flogged twice: once for breaking his fast and once for smoking.
The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : No, it is not an oath.
The questioner : Is it permissible to say: "Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah honor his face," or "Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib," or "Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah whiten his face"? And what is the best to say?