Ban smoking during Ramadan

• Main Author: Hasan, Md. Mahmudul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. 2019
• Subjects: H65 Schools. Institutes of social sciences; JS Local government Municipal government; RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; RM216 Diet Therapy. Clinical Nutrition
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/71347/1/71347_Ban%20smoking%20during%20Ramadan.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/71347/; https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters/2019/03/468221/ban-smoking-during-ramadan

REMEMBER once, as I was about to enter a mosque in Penang, I saw the imam smoking hurriedly before he walked in to lead the Zohor prayer. At a masjid in Kuala Lumpur, as I stood in a saf (prayer row) to perform the solat, a smoker stood beside me. I suspected that, like the imam in Penang, thi...