Is it permissible to smoke hukkah? Is Hukkah makrooh or haraam?

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I will Cincearly appreciate it if you could furnish me with the Shar'i ruling ragarding the following:

1. Is it permissible to smoke hukkah? Is Hukkah makrooh or haraam?

2. I read in a pemphelet that if a chicken is slaughtered and then put into boiling water straight after that, while it has its insides, that chicken is Haraam. Is this correct?

3. Is there a Hadeeth Something to this effect that "This world is a prison for a mu'min and jannat for a kaafir" if there is such a hadeeth i will cincearly appreciate it if you can furnish me with the Arabic Text.

Ml. Ishaq E. Moosa · Accepted Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh

1. It is makrooh to smoke hukka as it is detrimental to one’s health.

2. If after slaughtering a chicken it is put in boiling water and left for such a time that the impurity could penetrate the meat then such a chicken will be haram.

3. Imam Suyuti رحمه الله تعالى in his al-Jami al-Sagheer mentions this Hadeeth with reference to Musnad of Imam Ahmad, Muslim, Tirmidhi, Ibn Maja, Tabrani (Kabeer) and Hakim. He was classified this Hadeeth as Saheeh. The Arabic is:

And Allah knows best

Wassalam

Ml. Ishaq E. Moosa,
Student Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa

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