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zarah

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Is smoking Halal/Haram/Makruh(Mushbooh)?

I have heard people say anything that harms your body,it is haram.

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Umm Aysha

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Hope this helps you sis..:)

Question:
Is smoking cigarettes Haraam?

Answer:

Praise be to Allah and peace and blessings be on His Prophet SAWS.

Smoking is one of the things which has caused a lot of problems and harm these days and it has spread like wild fire. Before we discuss this topic in detail, we should know that Allaah the Almighty has divided things in the world into two types, good or permissible (al-tayyibaat, al-halaal) and evil or prohibited (al-khabaa'ith, al-haraam), and there is no third type. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning) in surat al-A'raaf (7:157):

"And He makes good things halaal for them and bad things haraam."

Considering this fact, smoking can either be permissible and good or prohibited and evil.

Thus, we present some of its characteristics and let the person asking the question see himself in which type lies smoking.

1. There is no disagreement among the physicians and sane people that smoking is harmful for health. It is one of the major causes of lung cancer and other diseases. It is also one of the major causes of death. Since, it is known that the Islamic law prohibits everything that is harmful for a human being. Allah said (interpretation of meaning):

"Do not kill yourself. Allah is Merciful unto you." (Surat al-Nisaa' 4:29)

In addition, His Prophet SAWS (peace be upon him) said:

"There is no harm or causing of harm (in Islaam)." (Arabic "laa darar wa laa diraar")

He SAWS (peace be upon him) also said:

"A person will not be able to move on the Day of Judgment until he is asked about ... his body as to what he engaged it in."

Smoking also goes against the saying of the Prophet SAWS:

"Your body has a right on you."
2. There is no disagreement among the physicians and sane people that smoking is harmful for the health of others who inhale the polluted breath of the smoker. Medical research has proven the harmful effects of smoking mothers on their children.
3. The offensive smell caused by smoking is a source of pain to the worshippers of Allah among humans and angels. The angels are offended and suffer from the same things that the human beings suffer from. Allah said (interpretation of the meaning):

"Those who cause harm to believing men and women without any reason do a great sin." (Surat al-Ahzaab, 33:58)
4. The money that is spent on cigarettes is used on buying a harmful thing and is therefore an extravagance. Allah said (interpretation of the meaning):

"… and do not be extravagant wasters. Those who are extravagant are kinsmen of Satan." (Surat al-Israa' 17:26-27)

Extravagance (in Islam) means spending on something haraam.

Spending money on cigarettes is a waste of resources as well. The Prophet SAWS (peace be upon him) said:

"A person will not be able to move on the Day of Judgment until he is asked about ..... what he owned as to how he spent it."

Considering all that has been presented, it can be clearly seen that smoking is an evil among many others. It is not permissible to indulge in it, or buy and sell it, or even to offer it to others. It is incumbent on a person who is addicted to it that he must make all efforts and get whatever necessary treatment to stop it. If the unbelievers have understood the harm caused by smoking and made laws regarding it, the Muslims should be even more eager to stop it and treat those who are addicted to it.

We ask Allah the Almighty to cure everyone indulging in this evil and help him in giving it up. Allah is the Best Guide to the Right Path.

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Karachi_prince

New Member
smoking is nasty little habit that bleeds your pocket dry, as well as ruins your health, people would be better of giving the cost of a pack of cigarettes to charity, at least some good would come of their money.
 

Islam2020

New Member
Excerpts from the Opinions of Muslim Scholars

concerning the Islamic Ruling on Smoking

In the following pages we present a summary of each fatwa, or religious opinion, given by highly esteemed religious scholars in respect of the Islamic ruling on smoking. This section is followed by the full text of each fatwa to enable the reader to follow the reasoning used by the scholars in arriving at these conclusions.

Islamic Ruling on Smoking

It has become abundantly clear that, sooner or later, smoking, in whichever form and by whichever means, causes extensive health and financial damage to smokers. It is also the cause of a variety of diseases. Consequently, and on this evidence alone, smoking would be forbidden and should in no way be practiced by Muslims. Furthermore, the obligation to preserve one's health and wealth, as well as that of society as a whole, and medical evidence now available on the dangers of smoking, further support this view.

Sheikh Gadul Haq Ali Gadul Haq

Grand Imam of Al-Azhar

Having read the several medical reports on the effects of smoking and the risks it poses to health and to society, I would say that it is absolutely forbidden (haram). Smokers should stop smoking and non- smokers should never take up the habit.

Dr Abdul Galil Shalabi

Member, Islamic Research Academy

The Islamic ruling which one feels most happy about and which would leave our consciences clear is that smoking is haram. It is not wholesome due to its foul taste, bad smell and the serious health risks it causes.

Dr Hamid Jamie,

Former Secretary of Al-Azhar University

Consultant, Islamic Fiqh Encyclopedia, Kuwait

Now that medical experts and specialists have settled this issue, the general ruling on smoking would range from haram to censurable, bordering on haram. The same ruling would apply to trading in tobacco and tobacco products. Those who wish to trade in tobacco products ought to be aware of the consequences of their action.

Professor Zakaria al-Birry

Chairman, Islamic Sharia Department

Faculty of Law, Cairo University

Member, Islamic Research Academy

Member, Al-Azhar Fatwa Committee

Whether smoking is ruled to be haram or censurable, fighting it is certainly supported and approved in Islamic law, because, as a general rule, Muslims are urged to preserve and safeguard all aspects of their physical, mental, spiritual and economic health and well-being.

Sheikh Attia Saqr

Member, Al-Azhar Fatwa Committee

Member, Islamic Research Academy

Sooner or later, all forms of smoking are bound to cause illness and disease. Most serious of these are heart diseases and cancer of the respiratory system and the urinary tracts. Smoking also involves wasting money. Accordingly, smoking, from the Islamic point of view, is haram, and people should, by virtue of their religious obligations as well as common sense, refrain from it.

Sheikh Mustafa Muhammad al-Hadidi al-Tayr

Member, Islamic Research Academy

Since reliable religious and medical authorities have unanimously judged smoking and drug taking harmful and wasteful to the human body, mind and soul, and that they are an abuse of one's health and wealth, the Islamic ruling could only be that they are haram. All those who import, trade in or use these substances, whether in small or large quantities, should be liable to the appropriate religious and legal penalties.

Sheikh Abdullah al-Mishad

Member, Islamic Research Academy

Chairman, Al-Azhar Fatwa Committee

Since the damage caused by smoking to human life is so evident, there is no doubt that it is haram.

Dr Ahmad Omar Hashim

Chairman, Hadith Studies Department

Faculty of Theology, Al-Azhar University

Based on available evidence, we can categorically say that smoking is haram, and that it is the duty of all Muslims to fight this harmful and deadly habit.

Dr Al-Husayni Hashim (deceased)

Deputy Rector, Al-Azhar University

In view of the harm caused by tobacco, growing, trading in and smoking of tobacco are judged to be haram. The Prophet PBUH is reported to have said, "Do not harm yourselves or others". Furthermore, tobacco is unwholesome and God says in the Quran that the Prophet PBUH enjoins upon them that which is good and pure and forbids them that which is unwholesome.

Permanent Committee of Academic Research and Fatwa, Saudi Arabia

Abdul-Aziz bin Baz, Chairman

Abdul-Razzaq Afifi, Vice-President

Abdullah bin Ghadian, Member

Abdullah bin Qa'oud, Member
 

Abu Sarah

Allahu Akbar
Staff member
Salam Alaykum

Allah saied that :

nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah hath been to you Most Merciful! ..(4:29)


and....

..... for he commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure); .....(7:157)


and......

.......: but squander not (your wealth) in the manner of a spendthrift (26)...Verily spendthrifts are brothers of the Evil Ones.....(27).....(17:26-27)



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