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CONCLUSION:
There are basic differences in the addiction biology of Gutkha chewing and smoking. A Gutkha chewer relates the habit to daily activities. Gutkha addiction can be considered as a form of conditioned reflex, rather than actual craving for nicotine, which probably plays a minor role in addiction. However, addiction potential of nicotine cannot be completely ruled out. Further development of NRT products with similar physical form and flavor to Gutkha would probably aid in similar oral gratification and might lower the rates of relapse.

In south-east Asia, Taiwan and Papua New Guinea, smoking, alcohol consumption and chewing of betel quid with or without tobacco or areca nut with or without tobacco are the predominant causes of oral cancer. In most areas, betel quid consists of a mixture of areca nut, slaked lime, catechu and several condiments according to taste, wrapped in a betel leaf. Almost all habitual chewers use tobacco with or without the betel quid. In the last few decades, small, attractive and inexpensive sachets of betel quid substitutes have become widely available. Aggressively advertised and marketed, often claimed to be safer products, they are consumed by the very young and old alike, particularly in India, but also among migrant populations from these areas world wide. The product is basically a flavoured and sweetened dry mixture of areca nut, catechu and slaked lime with tobacco (gutkha) or without tobacco (pan masala). These products have been strongly implicated in the recent increase in the incidence of oral submucous fibrosis, especially in the very young, even after a short period of use. This precancerous lesion, which has a high rate of malignant transformation, is extremely debilitating and has no known cure. The use of tobacco with lime, betel quid with tobacco, betel quid without tobacco and areca nut have been classified as carcinogenic to humans. As gutkha and pan masala are mixtures of several of these ingredients, their carcinogenic affect can be surmised. We review evidence that strongly supports causative mechanisms for genotoxicity and carcinogenicity of these substitute products. Although some recent curbs have been put on the manufacture and sale of these products, urgent action is needed to permanently ban gutkha and pan masala, together with the other established oral cancer-causing tobacco products. Further, education to reduce or eliminate home-made preparations needs to be accelerated.

Oral cancer is a highly lethal disease and one of the most debilitating and disfiguring of all malignancies in the world. According to Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2010 report, 60% of tobacco users in India use only smokeless tobacco. Among 206 million smokeless tobacco users, 65.1 million are consuming gutkha. In recent years, gutkha is recognized as a life threatening disorder with the serious health consequences.

'Do not kill yourselves, Allah is indeed merciful to you.'
(An-Nisa' 4-29)

'Do not cast yourselves, with your own hands, into destruction.'
(Al-Baqarah 2:195)

And the Messenger May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him says: 'No harm may be inflicted on oneself or others.'
(Ahmad and Ibn Maajah from Ibn Abbaas and Ubaadah)

'Whoever consumes poison, killing himself with it, then he will he consuming his poison in the hellfire, and he will abide in it permanently and eternally.'
(Al-Bukhari and Muslim from Jaabir)

Verily, the example of a good companion and a bad one is like that of a perfume merchant and a blacksmith: As for the perfume merchant, he would either grant you (some perfume), or you would buy (some perfume) from him, or (in the least) you would get a good smell from him. And as for the blower of the bellows (ironsmith), you would either get a foul odour from him, or he would burn your clothes.
(Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

'(The Prophet May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) who will enjoin upon them the doing of what is right, forbid them the doing of what is wrong, make lawful to them the good things of life, prohibit for them the evil things, and lift from them their burdens and the shackles that were (previously) upon them.'
(Al-A'raf 7:157)

Allah's Messenger said: Indeed when Allah prohibits something, he prohibits eating its price.
(Ahmad and Abu Dawud)

“And it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know.” (AI-Baqarah, 2:216)

A marfu' hadith from Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi, classified as sahih, where `A'isha (RA) stated, 'Every intoxicant is haraam and whatever damages the senses, causes addiction and numbs the senses.'

It is related by Imaam Ahmad, Abu Dawud from Umm Salamah (RA), who said, 'The Messenger forbid from every intoxicant and addictive thing that numbs the senses.' AlHaafiz az-Zain al`Iraaqi said, 'It's chain of narration is authentic and as-Suyuti classified it as Sahih in Jaami` us-Saghir.'

Question ID: 36286
Country: India

Title: Is gutkha or masala haram in Islam?
Question: Is gutkha or masala haram in Islam?
Answer ID: 36286
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 236/236/M=1433) If it is injurious to health then it is unlawful to be consumed.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,

Darul Uloom Deoband, India

In recent years, gutkha is recognized as a life threatening disorder with the serious health consequences.

and they resemble the people of the Fire in that smoke exits their mouths and noses.