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Does smoking break my wudu?

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Does smoking break wudu? And what does

QuestionLive chat · questioner not identifiedAnswered 19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Segment 12 of 41 in the recording2021-01-19-S12

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Smoking does not break wudu, Mufti Abu Layth says; only relieving oneself and meaningful sexual activity do, not a peck on the cheek or eating.

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Asked whether smoking cigars breaks wudu, Mufti Abu Layth jokes about whether a cigar opens a 'direct channel', then says smoking does not break wudu. He says the only things that break it are relieving oneself and engaging meaningfully in sexual activity, explaining that he says 'meaningfully' because some scholars debate whether any sexual contact, such as kissing, breaks it. A peck on the cheek does not, he says; if the contact is meaningful a person renews their wudu, but eating anything does not break it.

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Do cigars break wudu?

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Mufti Abu Layth says smoking does not break wudu.

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“so smoking does not break the woodoo it is only the only thing that breaks the woodoo is is relieving yourself”

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cigars do does smoke does cigars break the woodoo do cigars is it a direct channel that you're opening with the cigar or is it uh I know I know no you know I know no brother brother brother this one this one no nice so smoking does not break the woodoo it is only the only thing that breaks the woodoo is is relieving yourself going to the toilet and you understand what that means whatever that means and uh

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also engaging meaningfully rather in sexual um in sexual activity so and I the reason I said meaningfully because if it's cuz people some Scholars then debate any form of sexual contact even if it's not that so for example kissing now depends what kind this is where the scandals begin you know the Scandal so if I I go into explaining these rulings and people

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like this one so but you know like somebody could say a peck on the cheek or just a simple he does that break woodo and no that wouldn't that kind of stuff wouldn't so this is why I said meaningful you know if it's meaningful then then then a person renews their woodoo but other than that you don't break your Wu by eating anything or doing stuff like that okay cool what else was there as a super chair let's take a look people shr much love uh wake for a moment I thought what what

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Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2021-01-19-S12, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/12/ (accessed 1 November 2026)

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2021, January 19). Does smoking break my wudu? [Video, segment 2021-01-19-S12, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/12/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2021. "Does smoking break my wudu?" Video, segment 2021-01-19-S12, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded January 19, 2021. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/12/

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  title = {{Does smoking break my wudu?}},
  year = {2021},
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  date = {2021-01-19},
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  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
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