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    I had made a vow before my Lord Allah Almighty about four years ago to quit smoking. However, I have broken that vow by smoking, and I wish to continue smoking now as it helps me feel easy in difficult times. Can I do so now?

    You have already broken the vow, so the vow no longer applies. You committed the sin and are required to pay the kaffarah, but you are now permitted to smoke.

    Given the death of every creation is predestined, is it permissible to smoke tobacco, for example, which decreases one’s lifespan?

    As long as the individual is able to refrain from what could cause his death, he should protect himself. If he did not and performed what led to his death, he will be held accountable for making such decisions. One’s pre-destined death by Almighty Allah does not make him unaccountable for such negligence towards himself, as long as he is able to prevent himself from the causes of death.

    I want to ask you a question about wearing the ring in the middle and index finger. Someone showed me a book in which there is a narration that wearing the ring in the index finger and the middle finger is prohibited. Is this the case?

    There are some narrations that discourage the wearing of the ring on the middle finger and the index finger, but they are not authenticated narrations. Therefore, a religious law cannot be proven from them, in addition to the fact that the narrations can be taken to indicate dislike rather than prohibition.

    Are Sunnis considered Muslims and Mu’mins?

    Islam is the belief in Almighty Allah, the Prophethood of Mohammed ibn Abdillah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), and in the Hereafter. Whoever submits to these beliefs is considered a Muslim, and the rulings pertaining to Muslims apply to him. Iman is believing in the mentioned three tenets of Islam, plus the divinely ordained authority (wilayah) of the twelve Imams (peace be upon them).

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