Abdullah Hakim Quick - Cannabis in Islam

About this lecture

In this khutbah, Sheikh Abdullah Hakim Quick addresses the Islamic ruling on cannabis in light of Canada's legalization of recreational marijuana, tracing the Quranic prohibition of intoxicants through its stages and drawing on hadith to establish that all mind-altering substances — whether liquid, solid, or smoked — fall under the prohibition of khamar. He also outlines the strict conditions under which medicinal marijuana may be permissible, and calls on the Muslim community to protect themselves and their youth from this growing societal fitna.