*The reason why smoking is haraam *
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*why is smoking haram? *
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*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*


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