Smoking and Harmful Substances
114 questions
How can certain things be considered unlawful (haram) or lawful (halal)—such as smoking, insurance, and taxes—while analysis and prohibition are the sole right of God?
Is the nicotine that enters the body via medical patches for the purpose of quitting smoking prohibited? And is avoiding smokers, including one's brother, to prevent relapsing into smoking considered a severing of kinship ties?
Is it permissible to feed animals the leftover fermented barley after extracting the intoxicant from it, and is it permissible to acquire these leftovers for that purpose?
How can a girl deal with the physical and psychological changes that occurred to her after using a skin-lightening cream, and how can she restore her original appearance and accept herself, especially after she began to commit to her religion and realized the sinfulness of changing creation?
Is a person sinful for refraining from visiting a neighbor who smokes shisha, and for refusing to allow his wife to sit with the neighbor's wife due to the smoke pervading their house, knowing the harms of passive smoking?
What is the ruling on one who smokes in the open?
What is the ruling on using bread improver that contains the substance E300 (ascorbic acid), which is approved by the European Union with an ISO certificate, given the fear of its harm to humans? Is it permissible to use it, or is it preferable to abstain from it? And is one sinful if they dispose of it after purchasing it?
What is the ruling on a niqabi woman working as a makeup artist, given her desire to adorn women (niqabis and non-niqabis), and is it permissible for her to display pictures of the adorned women in a closed group exclusive to women?
Is selling medications for treating erectile dysfunction, such as Viagra, to pharmacies permissible (halal) or forbidden (haram), and what are the conditions for its permissibility?
What is the limit for prohibiting the consumption of harmful agents if excessive consumption of lawful things could cause harm?
Is there a difference of opinion regarding the issue of smoking?
What is the ruling on trading in "Zarda" of different flavors, which is a type of tobacco, and is chewing it permissible as one of the muftis claimed, knowing that you previously issued a fatwa on the impermissibility of chewing tobacco?
What is the Shar'i ruling regarding a husband's statement to his wife three times: "By triple divorce upon you, every time you become lawful, you become unlawful, that I did not buy you cigarettes," and what is the solution for the continuous problems between spouses concerning the wife's repeated demands?
Is using nicotine gum permissible (halal)?
Is it permissible to use lipstick in front of one's husband if it contains pork fat?
What is the ruling on consuming nutritional supplements, such as amino acids, which are beneficial for weightlifters?
Is it true that whenever harm and benefit are estimated, and the harms outweigh the benefits, it is said to be unlawful? And must the questioner seek another job, given that their current job, with its rotating night and day shifts, has its harms outweighing its benefits?
Is it permissible to obey one's parents in a matter that is known to be harmful to their health?
What is the ruling on smoking natural, non-intoxicating herbs, such as lavender, for medicinal benefits?
Is it permissible to use skin moisturizers, body wash, and shower gel that contain urea? Are they pure? And what is the ruling concerning the prayers that were performed after using them?
What is the reason for prohibiting smoking?
What is the Islamic legal ruling on the use of pesticides in agriculture that may poison agricultural products?
What is the ruling on using tobacco as a hair conditioner?
Is smoking hookah pens that do not contain tobacco, and which are widespread among youth, permissible or forbidden?