Is working and earning a wage in a cigarette production factory permissible or forbidden?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
Smoking is forbidden due to its impurity and harm. Therefore, it is impermissible to engage in any work connected to it, such as selling, buying, manufacturing, or assisting in it, because doing so constitutes aiding in what is forbidden.
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