Fans argue that, unlike getting drunk, smoking shishas is not haram (forbidden).
与饮酒不同的,吸食水烟不是罪孽的(不被禁止)。
经济学人(汇总)
The molasses-soaked tobacco used in water pipes damages people's health (the BHF says that one hour of shisha smoking is equivalent to puffing on 100 cigarettes), so shishas are haram.