Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Is eating tobacco in any form like gutkha, mava, paan Cigarette, etc permissible in Islam?

· 23 Safar 1447 AH1 min readFatwa 29619English

Question

Is eating tobacco in any form like gutkha, mava, paan Cigarette, etc permissible in Islam

as there are lot of people in INDIA i see who are teacher of Islam they eat all this stuffs

pls give your kind reply on this?

Answer

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

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

Tobacco is not the only ingredient in cigarettes. There are many other ingredients found in cigarettes which are extremely hazardous to one’s health[1]:

Cyanide

Benzene

Formaldehyde

Methanol (wood alcohol)

Acetylene (the fuel used in welding torches)

Ammonia

As such, cigarette smoking is Makrūh (reprehensible).[2]

The ingredients of paan and their quantity are not standard. If paan is made in such a way that it is hazardous to one’s health, it will also be Makrūh (reprehensible).

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Hisham Dawood

Student, Darul Iftaa
Chicago, USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

Daruliftaa.net

2014-06-25

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/questionsaboutsmokingtobaccoandhealth/questions-about-smoking-tobacco-and-health-cancer-and-health

[2]

يكره أكل ما يضر البدن كالتراب و الطين و نحوهما و شربه. اعلم أن المضرات للبدن من المأكولات و المشروبات ثلاثة أقسام:

١. قسم ضرره ظاهر مهلك كالسم و الزجاج و الحديد و الزيبق و الجص و ما أشبه ذلك فيحرم أكله جامدا و شربه مائعا.

٢. و قسم ضرره ظاهر و لكن غير مهلك كالتراب و الطين و الحجر و نحوها فيكره أكها جامدة و شربها مائعة إلا قليل تراب في ماء.

٣.و قسم ضرره غير ظاهر و هو...(الدرر المباحة في الحظر و الإباحة ص-٤٤، دار ابن حزم)

Answered by
Hisham Dawood
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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