Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh

 

There is no doubt that smoking is one of the worst poisons that many people are very keen to consume, not caring about the diseases that it causes, which lead to death in many cases.

 

The World Health Organization stated, in its 2008 report, that smoking tobacco kills 5.4 million people every year, i.e., approximately 14,000 people every day. Unless urgent measures are taken, tobacco will kill ten million people annually by the year 2020.

 

Therefore, hookah is very harmful and is prohibited. The Prophet (peace be upon him said, “There is no harm to be inflicted or reciprocated.”

 

Moreover, Allah says what means, “Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil.”  (Al-A`raf  7:157)

 

Almighty Allah knows best.