Smoking and Narcotics: Ruling on Buying, Selling, and Smoking Tobacco

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Smoking and Narcotics: Ruling on Buying, Selling, and Smoking Tobacco

English:

Question #1391:

Is it permissible to buy, sell, and smoke tobacco?

Answer #1391:

There is no objection to buying, selling, and using tobacco per se. However, should it spell a noticeable harmful effect to one’s well-being, it is not permissible to smoke, buy or sell it.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Smoking and Narcotics