Often, in some masaajid there is a bad smell – such as [that of] garlic, onions, [tobacco] smoke – [something indicative of some of the congregation] paying [little or] no attention to the cleanliness of their clothes, nor respecting the sanctity of the prayer and the masaajid, not to mention the other members of the congregation; so what is your advice to these people?
I don’t have the willpower to give up smoking, [so] what is your advice?
The Shaykh answered his question, and the man began to cry, supplicating for the Shaykh.
What is the penalty for a smoker according to the Sharee’ah?
I am a trader and buy cigarettes for my trade, is this permissible for me, knowing that I do not smoke the cigarettes?
I smoke and when I hear the muadhdhin, I enter the masjid. [So] is it obligatory upon me to repeat my wudhoo or is it enough to just rinse my mouth?
