Smoking and Narcotics: Ruling on the Use, Trade, and Handling of Narcotics

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Smoking and Narcotics: Ruling on the Use, Trade, and Handling of Narcotics

English:

Question #1393:

What is the ruling in the matter of using narcotics, such as hashish, opium, heroin, morphine, and marijuana, be it by way of eating, drinking, smoking, injecting or applying them anally? And what is the view on selling, buying, and dealing in them in general, i.e., carrying, transporting, storing, or smuggling?

Answer #1393:

It is ḥarām to use narcotics in any way because it results in considerable adverse effects in terms of personal health and social cost. By the same token, it is ḥarām to deal in narcotics in any way, i.e., carrying, transporting, storing, selling, buying, etc.

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