Reference: Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah lil-Buhooth al-‘Ilmiyyah wal-Iftaa. v13 p31 q1 of no.4947
Question: What is the Islaamic ruling regarding one who trades in cigarettes which are sold under licence from the cigarette company?
Response: Smoking is haraam, growing tobacco is haraam, and trading in it is haraam, because of the great harm which it causes. And it was narrated in the hadeeth:
«There should be no causing harm nor reciprocating harm»
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…and because it is [regarded as] one of the evil things (al-khabaa.ith).
Allaah سبحانه و تعالى says, in describing the Prophet ﷺ:
{He allows them as lawful at-Tayyibaat [all good and lawful things] and prohibits them as unlawful al-Khabaa.ith [all evil and unlawful things]} al-A’raaf 7:157
And Allaah سبحانه و تعالى says (interpretation of the meaning):
{They ask you what is lawful for them. Say: ‘Lawful unto you are at-Tayyibaat [all good and lawful things]} al-Maa’idah 5:4
And with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and salutations upon our Prophet ﷺ and his family and his companions.
