Is marijuana haram?

Oth · 09-27-2009, 10:34 PM

There was a thread similar to this closed back in 2006....

I'm not talking about smoking it
I've been pondering about this for some time now
Because the cannabis plant can also be used to make paper, fuel and clothes
some other uses include farming and medicine

my question is:
Is the use of the Cannabis plant itself haram
for the purposes I mentioned above?

Zubair · 09-29-2009, 06:06 AM

No, why would it be haram to use the plant itself? It's only haram to smoke it since it is an intoxicant and takes you out of your state of mind (same reason as alcohol). But using the plant itself for things such as making paper, fuel, etc is not haram. In Islamic Law, there is an axiom which states: الأصل في الأشياء إباحة which means that the ruling on all matters (outside of worship) is permissibility unless there is a nass or clear text from the Qur'an/sunnah or the consensus of the scholars which makes it haram.

xMuhammadx · 11-10-2009, 09:46 PM

well based on my own logic (and logic alone is no grounds for a ruling

) it should be fine right? I mean we use alcohol for other purposes such as rubbing alcohol, killing bacteria (think Purell), and a bunch of other stuff.

09-27-2009, 10:34 PM	#1
Oth Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 315	Is marijuana haram? There was a thread similar to this closed back in 2006.... I'm not talking about smoking it I've been pondering about this for some time now Because the cannabis plant can also be used to make paper, fuel and clothes some other uses include farming and medicine my question is: Is the use of the Cannabis plant itself haram for the purposes I mentioned above? __________________ "Those who give their liberties for security lose both and deserve neither " -Ben Franklin "The common people don't want war. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship. All you have to do is tell them they're being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism" -Hermann Göring at the Nuremberg trials

09-29-2009, 06:06 AM	#2
Zubair Slave of Allah Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,121	No, why would it be haram to use the plant itself? It's only haram to smoke it since it is an intoxicant and takes you out of your state of mind (same reason as alcohol). But using the plant itself for things such as making paper, fuel, etc is not haram. In Islamic Law, there is an axiom which states: الأصل في الأشياء إباحة which means that the ruling on all matters (outside of worship) is permissibility unless there is a nass or clear text from the Qur'an/sunnah or the consensus of the scholars which makes it haram. __________________ من كان يريد ثواب الدنيا فعند الله ثواب الدنيا و الاخرة. و كان الله سميعا بصيرا "Whoever desires the reward of this world - then with Allah is the reward of this world and the Hereafter. And ever is Allah Hearing and Seeing." (al-Qur'an 4:134)

11-10-2009, 09:46 PM	#3
xMuhammadx that one guy nobody likes Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: salafi street, chicago Posts: 229	well based on my own logic (and logic alone is no grounds for a ruling ) it should be fine right? I mean we use alcohol for other purposes such as rubbing alcohol, killing bacteria (think Purell), and a bunch of other stuff. __________________ So lose not hope, Nor fall into despair; For you will prevail, If you are Believers. --Quran 3:139

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