Is Smoking H-A-R-A-A-M ??

Dr. Saleh as Saleh رحمه الله

Edited by: Umm Hasna bint Jabir as-Saylâniyyah

Many Muslims regard smoking as disliked by Sharee’ah but not forbidden. When an advice is given about smoking and its ruling you often hear a defensive response. People know the killing effects of smoking, but Satan wants them to keep on spending and burning their chests.

Certainly, cigarettes were not present in the lifetime of the Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم. However, what was present and will continue to be present is the Revelation in its forms, the Qur’aan and authentic Sunnah. The Qur’aan formulated the prohibition of everything that is evil:

وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَآئِثَ

“He allows them all that is good & lawful, &  prohibits them as unlawful all that is evil.”

(Al-A'raf 7:157)

Evil manifests itself in things, deeds, beliefs, persons, foods, drinks, etc.

Let us see whether smoking is evil or not?

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