Is Smoking Hookah/Shisha Allowed in Islam?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat Recent studies have shown that a single shisha session is the same as smoking 200 cigarettes. (See report by World Health Organisation – WHO) Tobacco based shisha is detrimental to health, addictive and is a means of wasting time and money. “There’s a misconception that shisha is not as bad…