Cigarette Smoking: The Perceptions of Islamic Religious Leaders in the Province of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
Year: 2022
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Cigarette smoking is a day-to-day practice of some Muslims, particularly in the province of Tawi-Tawi. The issue of the specific legal rule on cigarette smoking is controversial and debatable among Muslim scholars. This study shows qualitative and quantitative results on the perceptions of Muslim religious leaders on cigarette smoking in Tawi-Tawi. The key-informant interview of this study finds that cigarette smoking is haram following verses from Qur’an, 4:29, 2:195, 17:26-27; and hadith: “there should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”Although few regarded it as makruh, the Binary Logistic Regression Analysis test result shows that age has a negative correlation with the chance of haram responding to smoking. At the same time, female respondents indicate consistency in responding to haram compared to their male counterparts. Educational attainment shows positively correlated with haram as ruling for cigarette smoking. This study concludes that cigarette smoking is haram from the Islamic perspective
Author: Najeeb Razul A. Sali
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4312374416