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Persisting
in disobedience Answered by Shaykh
Amjad Rasheed Question I read that persisting in
disobedience to Allah is one of the inner enormities. Does someone who is
addicted to cigarettes fall into this category? Is a cigarette smoker
committing an enormity? Answer Without doubt, cigarettes
have been proven harmful. Imbibing anything which harms the body is unlawful,
cigarette smoking included. According to Imam Bajuri, a later scholar, in his
commentary on Ibn Qasim (1/357), "Smoking is disliked. However, if one is sure
that smoking is harmful, then it is unlawful. Today, according to medical experts, we know for a fact that smoking is harmful. The Ministries of Health even put warning labels on cigarette packs that smoking is a major cause of lung cancer. The Ministries of Health have statistics that relate the number of mortalities due to cigarette smoking. Smoking in and of itself is
a minor sin. But we believe that persisting in a minor sin makes it an
enormity. However, there is some debate about the definition of
"persistence." Some of them [the scholars] have said that to persist means
that [a person] had enough time to repent but did not. It is also said that
persistence means continuing the same kind of sin. Finally, it is stated in the
Commentary of Shirwani on the Tuhfa (10/214) and in the Commentary of I`ana on
Fath al-Mu'in that [persistence] is to commit the sin three times without
repentance. *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest".
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