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Physical, spiritual hazards of smoking 

Most Muslims are aware and try to avoid committing the major sins in Islam - murder, suicide, adultery, alcohol, gambling and so on. Muslims are forbidden to harm themselves or others. Yet millions of Muslims all over the world are doing just that - harming - even killing themselves and their families by smoking cigarettes. Islamic scholars have historically had mixed views on the subject and in some Islamic countries, the actions of these Muslims have not been unanimously forbidden or even discouraged.

However, in Brunei Darussalam, the State Mufti has already come up with a fatwa that pronounces tobacco use as haram (forbidden) to believers. Smoking is considered haram because those who smoke are considered to be killing themselves. The tobacco that they consume contains poisonous substance. Over three million people worldwide die from smoking-related causes each year.

The Ministry of Health has also announced in their campaign that there are hundreds of poisonous and toxic ingredients found in the cigarette itself that the smoker inhales straight into the lungs. There are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke, over 40 of which are known to cause cancer.

In an authentic hadith, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Whom so ever drinks poison, thereby killing himself, will sip this poison forever and ever in the fire of Jahannum (Hell)."

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