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Anonymous
09/20/02 at 10:03:17
salaam

I quit smoking for 8 months at the start of last ramadan but this summer i was with some
of my old friends before i converted to islam and they offered me a ciggerette and i
started smoking again. I know that i should quit because of its effects on my health and the
fact that i waste a lot of money on cigeretted when i could be putting it to better uses.
What is the status of smoking in islam though i meet a lot of muslims who smoke
especially shisha? hookah tobacco
Re: smoking?
Traveler
09/20/02 at 12:15:35
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 There's a simple rule in Islamic shareah to help us decide on a specific action to be permissible or not. We weigh the disadvantages along side with the advantages and if the disadvantages out weigh the advantages then that action becomes unpermissible to do.  So as far as smoking is concerned I can only come up with disadvantages. The only thing which might be taken as an advantage is that it MIGHT make a person look cool among his/her peers.  So I think we can safely conclude that smoking is not permissible in Islam.

   
09/20/02 at 12:17:13
Traveler
Re: smoking?
bhaloo
09/20/02 at 21:11:57
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Here is a response from islam-qa.com, on why smoking is haraam.

Question:


why is smoking haram?

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah. Perhaps you know that all nations of the world – Muslim and kaafir alike – have now started to fight smoking, because they know that it is very harmful. Islam forbids everything that is harmful, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “There should be no harming or reciprocating harm.”  

Undoubtedly there are foods and drinks which are beneficial and good, and others which are harmful and bad. Allaah described our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in the following terms (interpretation of the meaning):

“he allows them as lawful At Tayyibaat (i.e. all good and lawful as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons and foods), and prohibits them as unlawful Al Khabaa’ith (i.e. all evil and unlawful as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons and foods)

[al-A’raaf 7:157]

Is smoking one of the good and lawful things (al-tayyibaat) or one of the evil and unlawful things (al-khabaa’ith)?  

Secondly: it was narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah forbids you to trade gossip, to ask too many questions and to waste money.” And Allaah forbade wasteful extravagance when He said (interpretation of the meaning):

“and eat and drink but waste not by extravagance, certainly He (Allaah) likes not Al Musrifoon (those who waste by extravagance) [al-A’raaf 7:31]  

And He described the slaves of the Most Merciful as follows (interpretation of the meaning):

“And those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor niggardly, but hold a medium (way) between those (extremes)” [al-Furqaan 25:67]

The whole world now knows that the money spent on smoking is to be considered as money wasted, from which no benefit is gained; indeed, it is money spent on something harmful. If the money which is spent on smoking worldwide were to be collected, it could have saved entire populations who have died of starvation. Is there anyone more foolish that one who holds a dollar bill and sets fire to it? What is the difference between him and the one who smokes? Indeed, the smoker is more foolish, because the folly of the one who burns a dollar bill ends there, whilst the one who smokes burns his money and also harms his body.  

Thirdly: how many disasters have been caused by smoking, because of cigarette butts which are thrown away and cause fires. Other disasters have been caused in other ways, as when a house was burned down with its occupants inside, when a man lit his cigarette when there was a gas leak.

Fourthly: how many people are offended by the smell of smokers, especially when you are unfortunate enough to have one of them standing next to you in the mosque. Probably any nasty smell is easier to bear than the smell of the smoker’s mouth when he has just woken up. It is amazing how many women can put up with the smell of their husbands’ mouths! The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade those who had eaten garlic or onions from coming to the mosque so that they would not offend their fellow-worshippers with their smell. The smell of onions and garlic is easier to bear than the smell of the smoker and his mouth.  

These are some of the reasons why smoking is haraam.  



Shaykh Sa’d al-Humayd (www.islam-qa.com)
Re: smoking?
rchater
09/21/02 at 22:04:09
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Well I don't have an ayah or hadith on hand to prove smoking is haram but common sense tells me that our bodies belong to Allah (swt) and that He has entrusted us with them. We must take care of what He has given us because we will one day return to Him and we should go the same way we came - pure. We know the effects smoking has on our body. It wastes away our lungs leading to lung cancer and possibly death, isn't that like commiting suicide slowly? Personally I feel smoking is unlawful because it is harming Allah's (swt) property.
Re: smoking?
Chris
10/04/02 at 13:05:21
[quote]Well I don't have an ayah or hadith on hand to prove smoking is haram but common sense tells me that our bodies belong to Allah (SubHana Wa Ta`ala) and that He has entrusted us with them. We must take care of what He has given us because we will one day return to Him and we should go the same way we came - pure. We know the effects smoking has on our body. It wastes away our lungs leading to lung cancer and possibly death, isn't that like commiting suicide slowly? Personally I feel smoking is unlawful because it is harming Allah's (SubHana Wa Ta`ala) property. [/quote]

I think its pretty ovious.  Smoking causes early death, therefore its a form of suicide, therefore its haram.

Chris


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