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layout: post
publisher: alsalafiyyah@icloud.com
title: Evidence on the prohibition of narcotics
date: 2025-07-30
hijri: Safar 5, 1447 AH
source: Fatawa Al-Lajnah Ad-Daimah, Fatwa no. 5001, Question 3
category: [fatwas, drugs]
note: true
excerpt: "On the authority of Um Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) who narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade every intoxicant and everything which produces languidness."
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_chairman:
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah ibn Qa'ud
      url: /biography/qaud/
---

### Question
What are the proofs that state the prohibition of narcotics? 

### Answer:
Narcotics are considered unwholesome things which Allah has forbidden for His believing servants. Allah only makes wholesome things lawful for people. Allah (Glorified be He) says in Surah Al-Ma'idah: **"They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) what is lawful for them (as food). Say: "Lawful unto you are At-Tayyibât [all kinds of Halâl (lawful-good) foods which Allâh has made lawful (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, milk products, fats, vegetables and fruits)]."** [(Al-Maidah :4)](/quran?verse=5:4)

Describing the character of our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in Surah Al-A`raf, Allah says: **"...he allows them as lawful At-Tayyibât (i.e. all good and lawful as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons, foods), and prohibits them as unlawful Al-Khabâ’ith (i.e. all evil and unlawful as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons and foods)"** [(Al-A'raf :157)](/quran?verse=7:157)

It is also related by Abu Dawud : **"On the authority of Um Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) who narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade every intoxicant and everything which produces languidness."** [^1]

It is well known that narcotics cause stupor and are very harmful. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, **"There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm."** [^2]

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[^1]: Sunan Abu Dawud (3686), Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal (6/309).
[^2]: Sunan Ibn Majah (2340), Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (5/327).