# Does smoking break my wudu?

*Does smoking break wudu? And what does*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/12/
- Date: 2021-01-19 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (38:30–40:27)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=2310s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/

**Topics:** Purification

**Question as asked:** Do cigars break wudu?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** 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.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says smoking does not break wudu.

**Evidence, his words at 38:30:** “so smoking does not break the woodoo it is only the only thing that breaks the woodoo is is relieving yourself” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-BlBVTr4M&t=2310s)

## Longer summary

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.

## Sources and names cited

- wudu

## Transcript (machine tier, 38:30–40:27)

[37:50] going to um I'm going to inshallah I've uh purchased a different computer system but I haven't had it set up yet it's come but all the the kind of other things haven't come the accessories and so I'm going to kind of revamp all of this soon in the coming weeks and then I will try to play some games not too many but one of you know some of these stream we'll try we'll try we'll get to that we'll get to that Mak all right so what else does

[38:30] 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

[39:07] 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

[39:49] 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

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment Hv-BlBVTr4M/s/12. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/hv-blbvtr4m/s/12/

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