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layout: post
title: "Ruling on giving the father a medicine to quit smoking without his knowledge"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Ad-Da'imah, Fatwa no. 16318, Question 2"
hijri: Muharram 15, 1442
excerpt: Smoking tobacco is Haram for it causes great harm and has no benefit at all. Whoever smokes should give it up and repent of it.
locale: en
lang: en
date: 2020/09/3
category: [treatments,fatwas]
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_chairman:
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Aal Al-Shaykh
      url: /biography/abdulaziz/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
    - name: Shaykh Salih Al-Fawzan
      url: /biography/fawzan/
    - name: Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd
      url: /biography/zayd/
---

### Question:
My father smokes tobacco, but we have found a drug that will rid him of this habit forever. The drug will cause him to be ill for two or three days; is it permissible for me to give it to him without his knowledge? You should bear in mind that he refuses to take it, while smoking causes him a number of problems.

### Answer:
Smoking tobacco is Haram (prohibited) for it causes great harm and has no benefit at all. Whoever smokes should give it up and repent of it. As for your father, you should advise him. Concerning giving him a drug that makes him ill for two days in order to give up smoking, this is not permissible without his knowledge. Allah knows best.

May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.