Is Smoking Cigarettes Actually Haram?

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I know this might seem like a weird question but my friend and I had a discussion.

He's Muslim and he asked whether I had smoked cigarette before. My parents always told me smoking was haram, whether it was cigarettes or marijuana sticks. And so did relatives.

He says it is "Mukru" or something. He says there's no mention of smoking cigarettes in the Quran, Hadith, and the scholars have mixed feelings. He told me that smoking cigarettes is allowed, marijuana is not allowed.

You can smoke cigarettes, but there's no sin involved right?
Malt beer without alcohol is also allowed right?
 
everything which harms us is forbidden or haram
also those Allah s.w.t has forbided to us they are haram.
 
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everything which harms us is forbidden or haram
also those Allah s.w.t has forbided to us they are haram.
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Need examples from Quran because all I can see is that cigarettes aren't haram, doesn't cause any sin, isn't mentioned in the Quran/hadith.
 
Salaam.
I told my friend this; that because smoking harms your body it is haram.

شَادِنُ;1570887 said:
2:195 And spend of your substance in the cause of Allah, and make not your own hands contribute to (your) destruction; but do good; for Allah loveth those who do good.
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شَادِنُ;1570887 said:
smoking causes a laundry list of destruction to the self and others!
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He says that well... "sugar harms your body. Is that haram as well?"
 
Iceee said:
Salaam.
I told my friend this; that because smoking harms your body it is haram.




He says that well... "sugar harms your body. Is that haram as well?"
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How does sugar harm your body? your brain only functions only on glucose even in a state of starvation, unless you're over eating and diabetic and using artificial crap.
I have low patience for dumb teenagers looking for an excuse to have a bad habit.
If he wants to smoke, he can smoke his way to lung/bladder cancer, emphysema COPD and the other laundry list for all I care. I think we've all done our part here and provided you with Quranic evidence and literature on smoking is available through your or his PCP's office!
 
شَادِنُ;1571070 said:
I have low patience for dumb teenagers looking for an excuse to have a bad habit.
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I shall say that to him.
He believes its mahrum, "That smoking cigarettes doesn't cause sin but is bad for your health."
It probably is mahrum but I should probably leave it at that.
 
you should be firm but kind. It is a disgusting habit and I have known people who came to the ER due to secondary hand smoke with severe exacerbation there is actually on reported death.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.ph...sthma_attack_due_to_secondhand_smoke_exposure

My sister has terrible asthma due to smoking. I don't care if people have a desire to harm themselves but when they hurt innocent people around them then we all have every right to be angry and upset.

Do you think it is fair?
 
Salaam.

islamica said:
It is often the ignorant, cultural and those wishing to follow their desires that find excuses for the haram.
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Actually, my friend said he tried smoking 5-6 times a couple of years back... a few times. I asked him whether that was haram. He said it's mahrum, meaning "it is not haram to smoke since it's not written in the Quran or Hadith. But it is unhealthy for you."


islamica said:
The reason why smoking is haraam .
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His mufti friend said otherwise. That smoking is mahrum. I believe different scholars have different opinions.




شَادِنُ;1571073 said:
Do you think it is fair?
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Of course this is not fair. Mothers smoking in front of their child, fathers doing the same. So sad.
 
Several thoughts on smoking from an old man that had been smoking for nearly 60 years before accepting Islam.

1. Smoking does harm the body and takes a horrible toll on it when you reach your older years.

2. Does smoking serve any real purpose?

3. Look up the origins of smoking. It was originally a religious practice. Do you desire to practice another religion.

4. the more you look into the history and dangers of smoking the more the haram aspects of it become apparent.


5. Is there any sensible or beneficial reason to smoke?
 
Salam alaykum

Ask your friend is it ok if woman who is pregnant and smoke. Smoking cause harm to unborn child when woman smokes. Smoking is danger also to future father - it cause damages to sperm. Smoking may cause problems to him in the future life when he may like to make love with his wife. It may cause the situation that he physicly can´t.

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The teachings of the Quran can´t include every words and matters we have now. Does in the Quran says that using cocaine is haram? No, there isn´t word cocaine but we know what cocaine is and we know using it is haram.
 
Iceee said:
Salaam.

His mufti friend said otherwise. That smoking is mahrum. I believe different scholars have different opinions.
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wa'alaikuma s'salaam,

His mufti friend may be a mufti in Islam but not in health science. And I believe the word you are referring to is makruh (disliked). It is a known fact that that smoking causes lung cancer, and other vital organ failures. It harms the body severily. It causes death over time = slow suicide. And Allah commands us to not throw ourselves in destruction, which is what smoking does. Islam also commands us to not harm the body, it has a right over us, and our body is a loan to us, so how we treat it will be questioned after return it to Allah. Lastly, second hand smoking is 3-6x more deadly. So if someone dies because of 2nd smoke, people can say "makruh" all they want, he or she will seek justice before Allah against the smoker for the harm they caused him or her. That "makruh" excuse won't save the smokers then.
 
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tell him, that cigarettes are banned from the holy cities of Makkah and Madina... why is that?

I'm a smoker who is struggling with the addiction. And I will say yes it is haraam.

Scimi
 
Vision said:
Cigarette's damage vital organs of the body > Smoking kills > Suicide is prohibited
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not only that it harms other ppl as well

i get really sick wen someones smoking near me n now i kinda sense it start coughing badly :S

its a horrible thing srsly.
 
Periwinkle18 said:
i get really sick wen someones smoking near me n now i kinda sense it start coughing badly :S
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You should see me at the masjid praying beside a man who just finished his smoke and has now come to pray namaaz. I can't even breath through my nose.

I live in a condo (kind of like an apartment building), a man who just finished his smoke right outside our condo came and waited with me for the elevator. I live on the 16th floor, he lived on the 14th. The smell of smoke on his breath was so much that I quickly pressed 5 and left the elevator and took the stairs (which I normally do). The sad thing is; he was breathing from his nose and his mouth was shut.
 
Woodrow said:
3. Look up the origins of smoking. It was originally a religious practice. Do you desire to practice another religion.
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Nice point Brother.




sister harb said:
Ask your friend is it ok if woman who is pregnant and smoke. Smoking cause harm to unborn child when woman smokes. Smoking is danger also to future father - it cause damages to sperm. Smoking may cause problems to him in the future life when he may like to make love with his wife. It may cause the situation that he physicly can´t.
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Now does smoking once or twice in your lifetime kill sperm or is it when you smoke everyday?
 
Picture this scenario

You decide to have a quick smoke before going inside the masjid and offer your prayers.
Considering that prayers are a direct communication with your Maker.
If you are a true believer, are you comfortable doing this?

Also

If people were smoking at the same time that they were drinking alcohol at the time of the Prophet (SalAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) don't you think that cigarettes woul also be prohibited?

Something to ponder.
 

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