What is the ruling if one provides financial assistance to someone and that person uses the money for a sinful act?

Assalamu Alaikum, Mufti Sahib, there is something I often think about. Back in Pakistan, I had many Muslim, Hindu, and non-Muslim friends, and I would often help them financially. Among them was a Hindu friend who would frequently borrow money from me, and I would willingly assist him. Later, I moved to Europe. Sometime afterwards, when I returned to Pakistan, another Hindu friend told me that the one who used to borrow money from me had been involved in drug use. Due to this drug habit, he eventually passed away. Mufti Sahib, my question is, if that Hindu friend was using the money I gave him to buy drugs, will Allah Almighty hold me accountable for this on the Day of Judgment? Will I also be considered responsible for his death, even though I had no knowledge of how he was spending my money? Furthermore, in Pakistan, I used to own a shop where I sold cigarettes, and I had also provided some of my Muslim, Hindu, and non-Muslim friends with cannabis (bhang). If any of those individuals, whether Muslim or non-Muslim, to whom I sold cigarettes or cannabis (bhang) passed away a natural death, will I be held accountable for their deaths on the Day of Judgment. These events took place 13 to 18 years ago, and at that time, all the people to whom I sold cigarettes or cannabis were grown men and fully mature adults. Kindly, Mufti Sahib, please answer my question so that a great burden may be lifted from my heart. May Allah Almighty grant you success in this world and in the Hereafter.

الجوابُ حامِدا ًو مُصلیِّا ً

It should be understood that, although Islam permits outward courtesy, worldly dealings, and certain forms of kindness and assistance to non-Muslims, such as Hindus, under specific conditions, forming a bond of close-hearted friendship that removes the dislike for their disbelief from one’s heart is never permissible. One must always avoid such attachment. However, if the questioner assisted a poor Hindu without the intention of enabling him to consume intoxicants, then he will be rewarded fully according to his intention, and he will bear no blame for the Hindu’s use of intoxicating substances. As for those who purchased cigarettes or cannabis (bhang) from the questioner, if they died a natural death, the questioner will in no way be held responsible for their deaths. However, if the questioner knowingly sold cannabis to someone with the awareness that the buyer would use it for intoxication, then due to participating in a sinful act, the questioner would be considered sinful. Cigarette smoking, in itself, is allowed, and its sale and purchase are therefore also Islamically permissible.

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لما في القرآن الكريم: {لَا يَتَّخِذِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِنْ دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللَّهِ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا أَنْ تَتَّقُوا مِنْهُمْ تُقَاةً وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ اللَّهُ نَفْسَهُ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ الْمَصِيرُ } [آل عمران: 28]۔
وقال اللہ تعالیٰ: {وَلَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا وَلَدَيْنَا كِتَابٌ يَنْطِقُ بِالْحَقِّ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ } [المؤمنون: 62]
و في صحيح البخاري: سمعت عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه على المنبر قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: «إنما الأعمال بالنيات، وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوى اھ (1/ 6)۔
كما في القرآن الكريم : {وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ } [المائدة: 2]۔
و في مجلة الأحكام العدلية: ( المادة 89 ) : يضاف الفعل إلى الفاعل لا الآمر ما لم يكن مجبرا . (ص: 26)۔
و في حاشية ابن عابدين: (قوله أو أفيون أو بنج) الأفيون: ما يخرج من الخشخاش. البنج: بالفتح نبت منبت. وصرح في البدائع وغيرها بعدم وقوع الطلاق بأكله معللا بأن زوال عقله لم يكن بسبب هو معصية. والحق التفصيل، وهو إن كان للتداوي لم يقع لعدم المعصية، وإن للهو وإدخال الآفة قصدا فينبغي أن لا يتردد في الوقوع. (3/ 240)۔
و فيه أیضا: الأشياء الجامدة المضرة في العقل أو غيره، يحرم تناول القدر المضر منها دون القليل النافع، لأن حرمتها ليست لعينها بل لضررها اھ (6/ 457)۔