slm alykm.smoking is haram, but why is incense burned inside a masjid with poor ventilation?
i used to smoke, but now, when i smell or inhaled smoke, i feel pain in my chest not unless if i can leave the place, i have to take a cigarette and inhale it to remove the pain. But in the masjid today, I went outside and just listened to the khutbah outside. And everytime someone arrives, they greet me which should not be when inside. How do I solve this predicament as I am not one who would question or give suggestion to the imam who lights the incense. There was a time during a taraweh where i left it unfinished because my chest and head is aching a lot smelling the incense.
@madmax
eid mubarak
but i've searched there are harmful effects to the health here in google just now
in sha allah, dua for better alternatives.
alaykum salam wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh
@michael cullis....alhamdulillah for the new word I learned, nocebo, in contrast to placebo that I googled. I don't think it was psychological. Matter of fact, at first, I love the scent, but prolonged, the pain intensifies in the chest, and also my sinus . I don't know if my nature of work has something to do with it. I work as a printing machine operator that use different kinds of alcohol as solvents for the ink.