Is smoking forbidden?
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Question:
In her second question, she says: My uncle does not believe that smoking is forbidden, and he says: I do not believe it is forbidden until I hear it from His Eminence Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz. I ask you to clarify the ruling on smoking and to advise my uncle? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It has been established for us that smoking is forbidden, and we have learned of many reasons for its prohibition due to its multiple harms. Therefore, it is forbidden without doubt; because it entails many harms that doctors have identified and that those who have used it have identified.
So it is obligatory for every Muslim to leave it and beware of it; because Allah has forbidden the believer to harm himself. He says, the Exalted: [al-Baqarah:195] And He says, Exalted and Majestic is He: [al-Nisa:29] .
So it is obligatory for every believer, male and female, to beware of everything Allah has forbidden, and to beware of everything that harms the servant's religion, body, and worldly life.
So Allah is more merciful to His servants than they are to themselves. He has forbidden them what harms them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 2340Da'if (Darussalam) And this smoking is harmful with clear harm, by the consensus of the people of knowledge from the people of medicine, and by the consensus of those who have known it and tried it, and the great harm in it.
So my advice to your uncle is that he should fear Allah, and that he should beware of this vile thing, and that he should repent to Allah from it, so that his health returns to him, and so that he is safe from the anger of Allah, and so that he preserves his wealth as well. And Allah is the One to be sought for help. Yes.
The presenter: And Allah is the Helper, may Allah reward you with good.
In her second question, she says: My uncle does not believe that smoking is forbidden, and he says: I do not believe it is forbidden until I hear it from His Eminence Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz. I ask you to clarify the ruling on smoking and to advise my uncle? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It has been established for us that smoking is forbidden, and we have learned of many reasons for its prohibition due to its multiple harms. Therefore, it is forbidden without doubt; because it entails many harms that doctors have identified and that those who have used it have identified.
So it is obligatory for every Muslim to leave it and beware of it; because Allah has forbidden the believer to harm himself. He says, the Exalted:
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِAnd do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful.
وَلا تَقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًاSo it is obligatory for every believer, male and female, to beware of everything Allah has forbidden, and to beware of everything that harms the servant's religion, body, and worldly life.
So Allah is more merciful to His servants than they are to themselves. He has forbidden them what harms them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
It was narrated from 'Ubadah bin Samit that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ruled: “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”
لا ضرر ولا ضرارSo my advice to your uncle is that he should fear Allah, and that he should beware of this vile thing, and that he should repent to Allah from it, so that his health returns to him, and so that he is safe from the anger of Allah, and so that he preserves his wealth as well. And Allah is the One to be sought for help. Yes.
The presenter: And Allah is the Helper, may Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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