Mufti Menk – The Weed Controversy

			Salam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh my brothers and sisters, yesterday, I promised that today
we would speak about weed. Now, this is not the touch weed. This is actually the cannabis. And I'm
sure that a lot of you know that across the globe, there is a discussion about whether it should be
legal or not with some of the countries legalizing it, some legalizing its
		

			growth plantation.
		

			However, what we need to know is
		

			yes, while there are medicinal properties that have been confirmed, within the extract of the
cannabis plant or leaf,
		

			known as CBD or THC for medicinal purposes,
		

			there is a recreational purpose that some think that just because it's allowed in certain places, so
we can just go for it. And it's okay, you know. So the example of this is similar to that of other
things that are legal, perhaps in countries but we wouldn't partake of it, or drink from it, or eat
or consume from it because of it, you know, being unacceptable. from another angle, if you believe
that so if you're a Muslim, you would believe in toxic ins are not permissible. You wouldn't drink
alcohol. And if you did, you would actually repent for it.
		

			Because that's what Islam has stipulated and not just Islam, there are a lot of others who also
believe it's bad for the health.
		

			In Islam, it's actually disallowed, you know, the drinking of intoxicants or the taking of any
intoxicants. So even if a lot of it were to intoxicate you, a little bit of it is still disallowed.
Now, it's just like, the other drugs that we have that are pharmaceutical drugs, where
		

			if a person is to take them, some of them
		

			because they are not well, and because in a way that they have been prescribed by the experts of
medicine,
		

			the same would apply to this, if it is allowed in your country. If it is legal in your country, then
it doesn't mean that you can just abuse it. So we do not condone the abuse of these drugs that may
be legal, even if it's off the shelf drugs, even if it's just cough mixture. People who abuse cough
mixture are guilty of doing something wrong. The same applies to prescription drugs, sometimes
Pepperdine, and various other injections that people become addicted to. And they abuse these and
they take them when it's not necessary or needed from a medicinal perspective. In that case, it
would not be allowed it would be illegal, even from a country perspective. And it will also be
		

			unacceptable from a religious perspective. The body is yours to look after. And it belongs to Allah
ultimately, and we shouldn't be doing anything that would cause damage to it knowingly.
		

			So when it comes to something when it comes to cannabis, for example, like I say, you know, the
smoking of it is never beneficial in in the Islamic sense,
		

			the medicinal properties are acknowledged, and at the same time if need be, and that is legal,
wherever you are, and it's prescribed or whether it's from a herbalist or whether it's from some
other expert for a condition that you may be facing, then it has been proven to be effective, if it
is taken in the correct way. You know, you need to find more detail of that out CBD t THC, etc. and
how to take it but not the smoking of it. SubhanAllah you know, the recreational part of it. It's
like normal cigarettes, for example. We would say that even though it's on the shelves in a lot of
countries and some have banned it, some cities are smoke free. It doesn't mean that because it's
		

			available on a national level or in your country, that it's suddenly good for you or it's even
permissible.
		

			In the same way this and many other things, you know, we have, for example,
		

			adultery is perhaps allowed in a lot of countries but that doesn't make it okay for you and I who
would like to stay away from it.
		

			And the same applies to other sins that are there, you know, immorality even to say words that might
be
		

			No in terms of morality and,
		

			like swear words, abusive words, it might not be illegal to a certain extent. But from a religious
perspective, it's not what we should be doing. And we should stay away from those words, opt for
clean words, opt for a clean diet, opt for that which is clean halaal. And by human, it needs to be
held on one hand, and it needs to be played pure and good. On the other. So we opt for these words,
and we opt for this type of lifestyle, a clean lifestyle, a beautiful lifestyle, that which is free
from anything that we would consider degrading even in the least, or if not degrading the net, which
is bad, perhaps or that which is not completely pure and good. So let's understand this, my brothers
		

			and sisters, a lot of people don't like to talk about weed and a lot of people don't admit that it
has medicinal properties for those who require it, for those who need it for those whom it is
prescribed for in a way that it is prescribed. And also making sure that it's legal in your country,
don't come and say I encouraged you when it's illegal. And then when you get caught, I'm sorry, you
know, you're, if it's banned in where you are, then you're in trouble. So we're talking of people
who have just said, Oh, now that it's legal, and it's okay, you know, the countries have legalized
it. So, you know, let's just have it and they have the cigarettes made of cannabis and everything
		

			else. Remember to purify yourself, that's not the way it should be. That's not how it is. But
rather, we must make sure that we abstain from that which is not absolutely needed and necessary. So
I thought this was a very important clarification. Many people, many people are asking me about
weed, people are saying family members are just smoking it and you know, claiming that it's okay.
Please read up about how dangerous and damaging it is, if you were to smoke it, and
		

			how or what it does to you. In fact, those countries that perhaps may have legalized the social and
recreational use of it would probably have to arrive at some form of refinement of those laws to
ensure that, you know, the public order is maintained and so on. So what I'm saying is, from a
religious perspective, unless it's absolutely needed in a way that it's needed, it's considered
similar to those drugs that are prescription drugs. It's considered similar to the other drugs that
are abused, even coding is being abused, I believe, and so many other drugs, I'm sure those who know
know, and those who are in the middle of medical field would know as well. But this is something
		

			that I felt was to be addressed. People have either this extreme or that extreme, when it comes to
their views regarding
		

			weed but I'm giving you an enlightened opinion based on
		

			you know, the knowledge that we have been given May Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us purity and help
us I don't know if people who've used you know,
		

			the cannabis extract in a proper way with this with a very strict diet. And they've been helped when
it comes to epileptic fits, they've been helped when it comes to eradicated them actually. And I
know of quite a few, they've also had their tumors reduced and eradicated at times. I know mitts and
might disagree with this you know, the typical medical school won't teach you this but it is an
alternative sometimes people need to go into even cancerous tumors etc. There are people I'd like
you to read up about this online and see what it's all about. But I've given you the religious
perspective and I think it's been very balanced with when it is needed, in a medicinal way in a
		

			specific way. How it is has been prescribed, the extract of it can be beneficial, when it is legal
where you are, don't do something illegal. And when it comes to the recreation and the you know,
social smoking of it and all that we should abstain from that may Allah subhanho wa Taala grant all
our brothers and sisters goodness and purity and cure from all their sicknesses and diseases. That's
my message for today. I had promised and inshallah I hope to be back again tomorrow with another
beautiful message. I'm going to be posting this up on YouTube. So you can check out the channel.
Mufti menk, aro x meaning youtube.com slash Mufti menk ro x inshallah Baraka Luffy comm shukran for
		

			all your topic suggestions, and hope to see you again soon, Santa Monica