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Ruling on the Buying and Selling of Cigarettes

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Fatwa No :
89996
| Date :
2025-12-13
معاملات / مالی معاوضات / خرید و فروخت

Ruling on the Buying and Selling of Cigarettes

Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. What is the ruling regarding the sale of cigarettes in a country where ninety percent of the population smokes? The presence of cigarettes in a shop attracts customers, whereas if they are not available, customers either decrease significantly or do not come at all.

الجوابُ حامِدا ًو مُصلیِّا ً

It should be known that smoking is not unlawful (haram) in the same manner as wine and other intoxicants; rather, it falls under the category of permissible matters. However, it is disliked and reprehensible, due to the foul odor it causes in the mouth and because of the health harm associated with it. Therefore, the sale of cigarettes is not prohibited, nor is the income earned from it unlawful. Rather, selling cigarettes is permissible according to Shariah, and the earnings derived from it are lawful, although abstaining from it is preferable and more virtuous.
This has been mentioned in Imdad al-Fatawa (Vol. 4, p. 116), Maktabah Dar al-‘Uloom, Karachi.

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رد المحتار:
قلت: وألف في حله أيضاً سيدنا العارف عبد الغني النابلسي رسالة سماها الصلح بين الإخوان في إباحة شرب الدخان وتعرض له في كثير من تآليفه الحسان وأقام الطامة الكبري علي القائل بالحرمة أو بالكراهة فإنهما حكمان شرعيان لا بد لهما من دليل ولا دليل علي ذلك فإنه لم يثبت إسكاره ولا تفتيره ولا إضراره بل ثبت له منافع فهو داخل تحت قاعدة الأصل في الأشياء الإباحة وأن فرض إضراره للبعض لايلزم منه تحريمه على كل أحد فإن العسل يضر بأصحاب الصفراء الغالبة وربما أمرضهم مع أنه شفاء بالنص القطعي."
وفیه أیضا:
"وفي الأشباہ في قاعدۃ:الأصل الإباحة أو التوقف،ویظھرأثرہ فیما أشکل حاله کالحیوان المشکل أمرہ والنبات المجھول سمته.
(قولہ فیفھم منه حکم النبات) وهو الإباحة على المختار أو التوقف۔وفیه إشارۃ إلی عدم تسلیم إسکارہ وتفتیرہ وإضرارہ."( کتاب الأشربة(6 /459-460)

And Allah knows best
عرفان اللہ حبیب عُفی عنه
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