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    Question ID: 24614Country: ZA

    Title: Why do some ulamaa say that smoking cigarettes are makrooh?

    Question: Respected Mufti,Why do some ulamaa say that smoking cigarettes are makrooh?

    Answer ID: 24614

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 1702/1340/B=1431)

     

    There is no intoxication in the tobacco that is eaten and smoked i.e. the tobacco is not muskir (intoxicating). Had it been intoxicating it too would have been unlawful under the rule: كل مسكر حرام (every intoxicating is unlawful). It carries pungency i.e. it is anesthetizing or narcotizing i.e. it narcotizes the nerve, but does not paralyse the mind. Hence the scholars did not term it as haram, rather as makrooh tanzihi. Bidi and hookah too carry the same ruling.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India

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