Fatwa ID: 07357
Answered by: Maulana Abdoullah Limvoonheek
Question:
Can a person smoke while fasting and when a person is in itikaf can he smoke after iftar?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
- Smoking while fasting will break the fast. One must first understand that smoking cause damage to one’s body, through this a person is putting oneself to destruction and a person who frequently smoke is sinful. It also makes a person to be the brother of shaitan by wasting money.
In the books of fiqh it comes that a person intentionally inhale scents or smoke, his fast will break. If it’s done unintentionally the fast will not break. So whatever is inhale and enter a person’s body his fast will break.
- Smoking is a bad habit which need to be quit. A person in itikaf suppose to come close to Allah by doing ibadah and stay away from any sin. It doesn’t befit a mutakif to smoke and waste his time while in itikaf. However if he does smoke after breaking his fast or before starting his fast, his itikaf will not break as long as he doesn’t come out of the masjid.
Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.
Written by Maulana Abdoullah Limvoonheek
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
Reference:
Surah Baqarah ayah 195
وَاَنۡفِقُوۡا فِىۡ سَبِيۡلِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تُلۡقُوۡا بِاَيۡدِيۡكُمۡ اِلَى التَّهۡلُكَةِ ۖ ۛۚ وَاَحۡسِنُوۡا ۛۚ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الۡمُحۡسِنِيۡنَ
Surah Isra ayah 27
اِنَّ الۡمُبَذِّرِيۡنَ كَانُوۡۤا اِخۡوَانَ الشَّيٰطِيۡنِ ؕ وَكَانَ الشَّيۡطٰنُ لِرَبِّهٖ كَفُوۡرًا
(قوله: أنه لو أدخل حلقه الدخان) قال العلامة ابن العابدين – رحمه الله – : اي بأي صورة كان الإدخال حتى لو تبخر ببخور فآواه إلى نفسه واشتمه ذاكرا لصومه أفطر لإمكان التحرز عنه
رد المحتار ج٢ ص٣٩٥
( وحرم عليه ) أي على المعتكف اعتكافا واجبا أما النفل فله الخروج لأنه منه له لا مبطل كما مر ( الخروج إلا لحاجة الإنسان ) طبيعية كبول وغائط وغسل لو احتلم ولا يمكنه الاغتسال في المسجد كذا في النهر
رد المحتار ج٢ ص٤٤٤a
