Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

1. How is smoking Makruh? 2. Can you keep Lotto with the intention of donating the money earned?

· 7 Rabiʻ II 1433 AH1 min readFatwa 19796English

Question

1. How can smoking be Makruh when in the Qurān Allah Ta῾āla says that whatever damages your body is Harām for you?

2. I am buying a business; I notice that the Lotto facility attracts many customers. My intention for adding this facility is that all money earned by the Lotto will be given away to charity. Will this be permissible?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

1. A Harām act is impermissible. Similarly, a Makruh act is also impermissible.

The difference between Harām and Makruh is in relation to its source and degree of prohibition.

The Fuqahā have exercised extreme precaution in categorizing prohibited acts and declaring something as Harām or Makruh.

Harām is established through a Qat῾iyyu thubūt (expressly proven) and Qat῾iyyau dalālah (expressly indicative).[1]

Smoking itself is not expressly mentioned in the Qurān. Therefore, it does not qualify and cannot be declared as Harām. This does not mean that smoking is not prohibited. There are other dimensions for the prohibition of smoking and hence, it is categorized in the prohibited degree of Makruh.[2]

The technical differences in terminologies are intricate and of academic nature, the understanding of which is generally beyond the general public.

2. It is impermissible to earn money through Harām means with the intention of dispensing it in charity.[3]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Zaid M Shelia,

Student Darul Iftaa

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

www.daruliftaa.net

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] أقول: بيان ذلك أن الأدلة السمعية أربعة: الأول قطعي الثبوت والدلالة كنصوص القرآن المفسرة أو المحكمة والسنة المتواترة التي مفهومها قطعي. الثاني قطعي الثبوت ظني الدلالة كالآيات المؤولة. الثالث عكسه كأخبار الآحاد التي مفهومها قطعي. الرابع ظنيهما كأخبار الآحاد التي مفهومها ظني، فبالأول يثبت الفرض والحرام، وبالثاني والثالث الواجب وكراهة التحريم، وبالرابع السنة والمستحب.. رد المحتار على الدر المختار1/95 دار الفكربيروت

[2] ما كره تحريما، وهو المحمل عند إطلاقهم الكراهة كما في زكاة فتح القدير، وذكر أنه في رتبة الواجب لا يثبت إلا بما يثبت به الواجب يعني بالظني الثبوت.. رد المحتار على الدر المختار1/132 دار الفكربيروت

[3] لو كان الخبيث نصابا لا يلزمه الزكاة؛ لأن الكل واجب التصدق عليه فلا يفيد إيجاب التصدق ببعضه.. رد المحتار على الدر المختار2/291 دار الفكربيروت

لو كان الخبيث نصابا لا يلزمه الزكاة؛ لأن الكل واجب التصدق عليه فلا يفيد إيجاب التصدق ببعضه.. البحر الرائق2/221 دار الكتاب الإسلامي

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Answered by
Mufti Zaid M Shelia
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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