Today i venture into some research and read up on whether my religion (islam) forbids smoking. I never knew the correct answer to the question of whether smoking is halal. Now I do (:
Basically God and his messenger did not touch on the topic of smoking as back then in the 7th century such an activity did not exist. However, in writing they have set down some basic principles to assist mankind in deciding for themselves whether an activity or consumption so to speak is halal or haram.
Finally,desperate in gaining some knowledge, I'm proud to say from today on I'm going to have less difficulty in knowing what is right for myself (:
Back to smoking, it is tahriman makrooh = strictly abominable thus would be classified as something disliked within the religion and should therefore be without any certainty haram = a sin.
Anything that causes harm to the body or causes harm to anyone else or eventually leads to killing of oneself is considered a sin!
I guess it all boils down to the intention a person has and the reason as to why they smoke. If you, my fellow Muslim brothers and sisters, want to smoke do it privately in the sense that have the puff alone so that minimum harm is caused to others (:
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