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The penalty for smoking
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Question: What is the penalty for a
smoker according to the Sharee'ah?
Response:
The smoker is one who is engaging in
something haraam, since
smoking (itself) is haraam, and we
have previously mentioned the evidences as
to its prohibition. So, based upon this, if
the smoker knows it is haraam, then he is
persisting in something which is considered
from amongst the minor sins. (However),
persisting in something which is considered
from amongst the minor sins in itself
renders the sin a major sin. So, as a
result, he is regarded as a faasiq (open
sinner), and immoral and not to be regarded
(both in speech and actions). This is
because that which is widely accepted
amongst the scholars is that whoever
persists in something which is regarded as
a minor sin, then he is a faasiq, and his
speech or actions are not to be regarded in
all that which requires uprightness.
So it is
upon this man to fear his Lord and refrain
from smoking which severely affects the
wealth, the body and the (practice of the)
religion.
Shaykh Ibn
'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Manaar al-Islaam - Volume 3, Page
744, Question No.615
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