What is the ruling on money earned from trading tobacco and cigarettes after knowing its prohibition? And what is the ruling on trading secretly from the government and evading taxes?
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Money earned from the trade of tobacco is impure money; it is not permissible to consume it or benefit from it, due to the Prophet's saying, peace and blessings be upon him: "Indeed, when Allah prohibits something, He prohibits its price." What is obligatory is to get rid of it by spending it on the poor and needy, or on a general charitable project.
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