Audio: Fire on One End, Fool on the Other!! [2 of 3]
By Dawud Adib A tremendous khutbah delivered by our elder brother Dawud Adib on the impermissibility and harms of smoking. Review: The dorooriyyaata- khams, the five essentials of life: 1) Religion 2) Life 3) Honour 4) Mental and 5) Wealth have to be protect, and are protected by the shareeah. Allaah has said about our beloved Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, Those who follow the Messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write (ie Muhammad, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) whom they find written with them in the Tawraat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel) – he commands them for Al-Ma’roof (ie Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam has ordained); and forbids them from Al-Munkar (ie disbelief, polytheism of all kinds, and all that Islam has forbidden); he allows them as lawful At-Tayyibaat [(ie all good and lawful) as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons, foods, etc.], and prohibits them as unlawful Al-Khabaa’ith (ie all evil and unlawful as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons, foods, etc) [Sooratul-A' raaf, 18:157] From these khabaaith is smoking; something that brings about no benefit and only harm. A Timeline of Warnings on Cigarette Packages: 1966, The United States of America had the following written on packages, Caution, cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health. 1970, Warning! The Surgeon General has determined that cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health. A few years later, Surgeon Generals warning: Smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease …