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Why SMOKING is HARAAM

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaumul ahad 11th day of Jumaadal Aakhir.. (Sunday 24th January 2021).

*_Why SMOKING is HARAAM_* according to Quran,  Hadith and Concensus of Scholars which are the only 3 sources of guidance in Islam. BismilLah. 


Islam is a Revelation from ALLAH with a complete code of life. It tells what is good and what is evil: ALLAH says in the Holy Quran: And ALLAH HAS shown humanity the two ways (good and evil). (Quran 90/10) 

HE allows them all that is good and lawful, and prohibits them as unlawful all that is evil (things, deeds, beliefs, persons, foods, drinks, etc.). (Quran 7/157)


So, is smoking (cigarettes, pipes, wee etc.) evil or not? Let us examine its effects: Smoking is a killer: causes lung-cancer, lung-tuberculosis and heart diseases. ALLAH says: And do not kill yourselves. (Quran 4/29). He also says: And do not throw yourselves into destruction. (Quran 2/195)


These verses are sufficient to make smoking of wee etc Haram. Smoking is a wasting of wealth. ALLAH says: ...But spend not wastefully (your wealth) in the manner of a spendthrift, Verily, spendthrifts are brothers of the devils, and the Devil (Satan) is ever ungrateful to his Lord. (Quran 17/26-27)


The smoker is unjust to himself as well as his family by burning away his money and his chest! The smoker not only causes harm to himself, he/she also inflicts harms upon others around him/her. The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) said: "There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm." (Saheeh Al-Jami 7517). The smokers cause the spread of evil; they smoke openly and thus encourage others to do the same. The smoker smells bad! His car, home, clothes etc. carry the bad smell too. There are numerous fatwas from Scholars declaring smoking to be haraam and have never come across any scholar justifying it to be OK so let's stay away from it and gently encourage smokers to stop it.


It is clear without any difference of opinion from scholars that smoking is evil and thus it is Haram (unlawful). If you are under any kind of stress, then turn to ALLAH, read and listen to the Holy Quran, and be with non-smokers. Seek ALLAH'S help and don’t be enslaved to something that burns you and your money. 


*_May ALLAH forgive us all and protect us from any satanic influences_*. Aameen.

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