Status of salaah and nikaah if one smokes cannabis

Q: If one was to indulge in smoking cannabis/weed and later regrets and makes taubah.

1. Will ones salaah be accepted before 40 days are over?

2. Will ones nikaah be valid if performed within the 40 days?

A:

1. If he is absolutely remorseful and makes a firm promise not to commit it again then Allah Ta`ala will accept his salaah.

2. Yes.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)