‘Smoking: A Social Poison’

Muhammad al-Jibaly
Copyright © 1996 by Al-Qur’an was-Sunnah Society of North America
All Rights Reserved.

1. Introduction
   1. Discovery of Tobacco
   2. Smoking among Muslims
2. Definintion
3. Evidence for the Prohibition of Smoking
   1. Harm to the Deen
   2. Harm to the Human Body
   3. Harm to the Mind and Will Power
   4. Harm to the Environment
   5. Harm to the Property
   6. Moral Decadence
   7. Evil Substance
   8. Resembling the People of the Fire
   9. Bad Example
   10. Hostility Toward the Good People
   11. Low Self-esteem
   12. Scholars’ Verdict
4. Warnings
5. Treating the Disease of Smoking
6. References
7. Footnotes

Introduction

Discovery Of Tobacco

Tobacco was discovered by the Spanish sailors on the American shores at about 1500 CE (900 AH). Since its discovery, the epidemic of smoking has continued to spread all over the world. In our times, one seldom finds a house not afflicted by it.

As early as the Seventeenth Century, the European countries realized the dangers of smoking and fought against it Laws were ordained in England, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, and other countries, prohibiting smoking and punishing violators.

Nowadays, the Western countries continue their attempts to protect their peoples from the harms of smoking. They employ media means, ordain laws and regulations, and apply other methods to discourage people from smoking. Because of that, the rate of smokers has declined to a certain degree in those countries.

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