Status of salaah and nikaah if one smokes cannabis
Question
If one was to indulge in smoking cannabis/weed and later regrets and makes taubah.
1. Will ones salaah be accepted before 40 days are over?
2. Will ones nikaah be valid if performed within the 40 days?
Answer
1. If he is absolutely remorseful and makes a firm promise not to commit it again then Allah Ta`ala will accept his salaah.
2. Yes.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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