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It's still their body and their choice, we shouldn't remove that just because we feel differently.It's not just cricketers but nobody should smoke!it's so bad for health..
It's still their body and their choice, we shouldn't remove that just because we feel differently.
'My best moment was when I smoked on the Lord's balcony!:' K Srikkanth
If my memory serves me right, during the Indo-Pak match at the Asian test championship in 1998-99, Wasim went off the field for a while. He was followed by one of the cameras and shown sitting with coach Javed Miandad in the dressing room, puffing a cigar. The camera was quickly taken off him.
Yeah I've seen him having a smoke with a cup of tea.
Cigarette + tea = amazing combo![]()
Casual smoking isn't much harmful, we inhale a lot of toxic gases due to pollution anyway. Chain smoking is very bad for health of course.
No problems with smoking especially after a victory. Drinking alcohol is a different matter
No problems with smoking especially after a victory. Drinking alcohol is a different matter
Reminds me of that ad "Wasim bhai aap thaktay nahi hain" LOL. If I remember correctly the ad was ironic because he then got busted for coke in the West Indies with Waqar around that time.
Why?
No problems with smoking especially after a victory. Drinking alcohol is a different matter
Isn't smoking haram too?
No because it doesn't void the senses.
It's scientifically proven to damage health. With this knowledge now known to all, smoking can be considered similar to suicide, although obviously on a much smaller scale.
So is watching television and using computer. Not good for eyes at all as proven scientifically. Using it must be haram as well since damaging yourself is suicide on a much smaller scale.
OK maybe I should have said life threatening. Your examples don't work now.
They don't work because not watching tv/computer is impractical for you and not consuming plates of hot halwa is impractical for the mullahs so you are justifying their use.
I don't blame you or anyone else, it's the habit of all Muslims including me.
We twist and distort the religion to satisfy and justify our needs and practices. Everyone has his own version of Islam.
Because we are Muslims, what do you mean why? Come on man.
Come on. How many have died directly from watching TV/computer? Science hasn't yet proved any sort of link whereas with smoking there is a clear link.
I tend to agree with your last paragraph but this is certainly not the case here.
Come on. How many have died directly from watching TV/computer? Science hasn't yet proved any sort of link whereas with smoking there is a clear link.
I tend to agree with your last paragraph but this is certainly not the case here.
Overeating sweets/food and obesity are just as harmful as smoking and lead to heart disease and early deaths then? MG's example of that is at least spot on.
Fats and cholesterol is more injurious to health than smoking.
And I haven't rejected that. Being careless with one's health whilst knowing the possible consequences is wrong in Islam.
But you (MG) aren't recognising this.
So are fatty foods haram or halal?
if they are halal then why is smoking haram?
Fats and cholesterol is more injurious to health than smoking.
In moderation there is nothing wrong with fatty foods. I don't think the same applies for smoking and even if it does, smoking has the addiction factor which can cause excess usage.
Some fat and cholesterol will make it into our systems because we cannot avoid eating. Not all fats and cholesterol are bad either.
But it is possible to avoid smoking if you want because it is not necessary to sustain life. I hardly know of smokers who smoke just a bit. They may do so at the beginning, but over time it is addictive and many of the smokers smoke at levels that are highly undesirable.
It was reefer, not coke. Him, Waqar and Mushtaq Ahmad were arrested for possession at a beach. PCB actually had the clout back then to have them released by threatening the WICB with calling off the tour if I recall correctly.
Smoking is NOT an addiction; it's a habit.
There is a difference between the two.
Secondly, craving for certain types of food is also a habit - you get used to it and you crave for more.
People with sweet tooth are not addicted to chocolates and pastries etc. It becomes a habit for them.
Smoking is NOT an addiction; it's a habit.