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Cigarette Smoking: The Perceptions of Islamic Religious Leaders in the Province of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines

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  • Najeeb Razul A. Sali

    (Faculty Member, Islamic Studies Department, College of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Mindanao State University – Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography, Philippines * PhD Candidate, History and Civilization Department, Kulliyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

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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

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  • Najeeb Razul A. Sali, 2022. "Cigarette Smoking: The Perceptions of Islamic Religious Leaders in the Province of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 6(9), pages 704-707, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:6:y:2022:i:9:p:704-707
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    1. Yong, Hua-Hie & Hamann, Stephen L. & Borland, Ron & Fong, Geoffrey T. & Omar, Maizurah, 2009. "Adult smokers' perception of the role of religion and religious leadership on smoking and association with quitting: A comparison between Thai Buddhists and Malaysian Muslims," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 69(7), pages 1025-1031, October.
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