My Father Orders Me to Buy Cigarettes for Him

Question :

As my father has only me around to help him, he asks me to go and buy cigarettes for him. If I refuse to obey him, he becomes angry and frustrated. For my part, I hate bringing cigarettes for him because I know that smoking is unlawful. Please advise me.

Answer:

Smoking is among the Khaba' ith (vile and evil things), and it is a forbidden act of disobedience to Allah. Providing or bringing cigarettes to somebody who smokes is a means to smoking, and means take the same ruling as ends: if the end is unlawful, then so is the means.

Obedience to parents is required in what is allowed, but to obey them in disobedience to Allâh changes the permissibility, due to the saying of the Prophet ﷺ:
"There is no obedience to someone in what is disobedience to Allah; obedience (to man) is only in what is good."

The Prophet ﷺ also said:
"There is no obedience to a creature in disobedience to the Creator".

With Allah is the facilitation to do what is right, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and Companions.

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