Question:
Assalam u alayekum!
ioften advise my friends,relatives,colleagues to stop smoking and i qoute the narration qouted by Maulana sheikh (Nazim Qaddas Sirrahu) that tobacco plant was created from the filth of iblees When iblees was blown down by Seal of Prophets Syedna Muhammad Salla’l la ho alaye hi wasallam from a distance of 500 years (travel).in response to this narration,people often ask me that is this narration from a hadith’s book?
So,if this is from a hadith’s book kindly give me the reference so that i may shukran ya syyedi.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
The story of Iblis and tobacco is related by Grandshaykh `Abdullah al-Fa’iz ad-Daghestani (q) and is not a hadith. These are the kind of knowledge awliyaullah receive through kashf and therefore cannot be verified by this book or that narrator. One must learn to know who is able to accept what Mawlana Shaykh says, because they have belief, and who will not, for the Prophet (s) said, “address the people on the level of their understanding.” If they are the people of proofs and evidence, be prepared to back up what you say with proofs and evidence. If they are the belief of soft hearts and the “faith of old women” then they may easily accept what our Grandshaykh and Mawlana Shaykh say.
And Allah knows best,
Taher Siddiqui
