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What is the ruling on trading tobacco and cigarettes along with foodstuffs in Islamic Sharia: is it permissible (halal), forbidden (haram), disliked (makrooh), or what?

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Selling tobacco is forbidden due to the harm it contains. Allah has permitted for us the good things and forbidden for us the evil things. Tobacco is among the evil things concerning which Muslims and disbelievers alike have agreed upon its vileness. And if Allah forbids something, He also forbids its price. Money earned from selling what is permissible does not become forbidden by its mixing with vile money earned from selling cigarettes. What is obligatory is to dispose of the forbidden money by spending it on public interests and the needs of Muslims.

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