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Science, Health, And What Is Halal And Haram
I’d like to ask about an activity that has negative effects on the body. Many people consider activities like smoking to be forbidden because they can harm the body, and they also link this to a verse in the Quran about not harming oneself.
Based on this, I have three questions:
1. To what extent can science determine what is halal and what is haram?
2. If an activity has a harmful effect on the body, can that activity be deemed haram?
3. If someone performs a stunt or engages in a sport that carries a risk of injury, should that activity be deemed haram?
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Science, Health, And What Is Halal And Haram
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Harmfulness is not the basis of Hurmat (Prohibition). Harmfulness is measurable; here, intellect is invited to decide whether to adopt or avoid a thing or an activity.
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Is that true, sir? If so, what about the Quranic verse about not harming oneself, or the verse that people usually cite to argue that smoking is forbidden?
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This is the verse:
وَأَنفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ ۛ وَأَحْسِنُوا ۛ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ ) 2: 195
[And for this jihād,] spend for the cause of God and [by evading it] do not with your own hands cast yourselves into destruction. And do [this spending] graciously because God loves those who are gracious.
The implication is that those who evade sacrificing their life and wealth on such occasions are in fact flinging themselves into destruction because what these people of greed regard as success is destruction in the view of God.
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