Concluding
it all, my opinion on all such matters is. No
body on this earth should provide his opinion
as ‘Haraam or Halaal’ unless he
is putting forward any verse of Holy Qur’an
or any categorical Hadees from the authentic
sources. It is all the matter of ALLAH and HIS
Rasool (s.a.w.s) to declare Haraam or Halaal
and they had done it until the last hour for
the mankind. Hence my earnest requast to one
and all is, that we have to follow the commandments
of these Ayah and above referred Ahadees and
never term those things not described categorically
in the Quran and Hadees as ‘Haraam or
Halaal’. It is on the liking or disliking
of a person to use anything, but he cannot define
it ‘Haraam’ from his own. To define
the things from our own is a great sin according
to these Ayahs and Ahadees and one may face
the wrath of ALLAH on the Judgment Day for doing
so.
Now
a days our ill-informed Muftis give their authoritative
opinion about anything without the reference
of any Ayat or any Hadees. This is the root
cause of all such mockeries on Islam and Muslims.
Our Deen has now become a laughing stuff due
to these people. At different times in history,
they gave Fatwas that using loud speakers is
Haraam; putting money in banks/post offices
is Haraam, (actually, to earn interest or usury
is Haraam). Services in banks or post offices
was also declared by them as Haraam. Family
planning is Haraam. Insurance is Haraam. Photography
is Haraam. And freshly TV is Haraam. If you
want to see what our Muftis had prepared for
the world, you may read a book, “World
of Fatwas” written by Mr. Arun Shourie.
It is available in book shops in India and all
over the world.
Tobacco
consumption is injurious to health, no doubt.
One should be cautious about his health and
avoid consuming tobacco. But he can not declare
it as 'Haraam'. He can personally control
/ stop it’s consumption due to such
reasons. But if some one says it 'Haraam',
it is against the injunctions of Holy Qur'an.
To close this chapter, we all know that exhaust
of all the vehicles is injurious to health.
In a scientific survey, they say that in metros,
every person inhales enough CO2 (carbon di
oxide) gas daily which is equivalent to smoking
20 cigarettes. On such grounds, none can opine
that plying of petroleum vehicles are Haraam!
We have searched out the means to control
it. To say something Haraam which is not defined
in the Qur'an and Hadees is very great sin,
I assume.