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Question: Cannabis punishment
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

My question is in regards to the punishment of consuming cannabis. Many scholars are of the view that the punishment for smoking cannabis is the same as drinking alcohol, including prayers not being accepted (rewarded) for 40 days. However, I wonder how they can be the same if cannabis can be consumed if for medicinal purposes while alcohol can never be consumed, even for medicine. This suggests that they are not exactly the same, and therefore the punishment may not be identical?

I have read that some jurists regard the impermissibility of cannabis as lower than the impermissibility of alcohol (both still impermissible of course).

Could you please advise?

JazakAllah khair
 
 
Answered by: Ulamaa ID 04 (London)
Date: 21/10/2024 23:18pm

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الجواب حامدا ومصليا

Alcohol is intoxication and it is mentioned in the Quran with direct and clear prohibition. Similarly, smoking cannabis is intoxication and will be Haram too.

To use prohibited things like alcohol or cannabis, for medicinal purpose when absolutely no other alternative is available then one can use it to benefit to the extent of need and with the advice of an expert Muslim physician.

And Allah knows best

17 Rabiul Thani 1446/ 21 October 2024
Mufti Qamruzzaman

London, UK
 
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