Zakir Naik – Based on the Harm of Smoking Cigarettes it is Prohibited
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But that was a question that when he
goes to many mosques, he see that Muslim
when they come out, they smoke cigarette,
and
they eat pan. It looks bad. What is
the opinion? Is it right or wrong?
1st, whether there is cigarettes smoking around or
not,
and there are various given.
Previously, the used to give a. It is
based on the knowledge that they had. But
today, science has advanced
and the scholars have changed their opinion
based on the Quranic verse of Suri Baqarah
chapter number 2, verse some 195,
which says that do not make your own
hands the cause of your own destruction.
Do not make your own hands the cause
of your own destruction. According to latest research
that tells us today,
that according to the World Health Organization, there
are more than a 1000000 people
every year who only die because of cigarette
smoking.
Out of the 90% of the people that
die due to lung disease, due to lung
cancer is due to cigarette smoking.
Out of the 70% of the people that
die because of bronchitis
die because they smoke cigarette. Out of the
25%
who die because of cardiovascular disease is because
they smoke cigarettes.
It is nothing but slow poisoning. Cigarette contains
nicotine and tar. Leave aside how it looks.
Leave aside how it looks. According to the
latest
given by more than 400 olamas,
they say
because the Quran says, do not make your
own hands the cause of your own destruction.
And
not only does it harm you, it even
harm your neighbors.
Because
the research has said
that the wives
of the chain smokers, they have more chances
of having lung cancer because passive smoking is
more dangerous.
Active smoking directly is harmful.
Passive smoking means a smoke which you exhale
out and if somebody else inhales that, it
is more dangerous. There are various ill effects.
When you smoke, it causes blackening of the
lips, blackening of the teeth, damage to the
gums, blackening of the fingers.
It damages the throat. It causes peptic ulcer.
It causes constipation.
It causes loss of libido.
It causes loss of vigor.
The person's appetite is gone. It even causes
loss of memory. So based on all these
researches,
today's ulama, there are more than 400 fatwas
given saying that cigarette smoking is haram.
According to the Quran, the Quran
chapter 2 was 195.
We say do not make your own hand
in the cause of your own destruction. So
irrespective whether they look good or not, it
is not allowed in Islam. Regarding
having pan etcetera,
pan per
se, if it contains
tobacco.
Tobacco in any form,
whether smoking, whether
whether chewing is as good as slow poisoning
which is haram. Otherwise
otherwise, the pan doesn't contain tobacco, only contains.
It may look bad.
That's different thing. But Islam
Islam doesn't have any prohibition. It may be
harmful for the health. The doctor may say,
don't indulge in having pan. It may cause
loss to your teeth. Your gums may get
spoiled. That's a different issue. But where Islam
is concerned, tobacco in any form is prohibited.
Hope that answers the question.