The Ruling on Selling Qat and Spending Its Proceeds
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Question:
The listener Abu Saif al-Islam al-Rimi from Yemen says, may Allah preserve you: We have land that is an endowment (waqf) for mosques, and I am the one who pays the rent for the waqf worker and maintains the mosques, as part of the land is planted with wheat, part with qat trees, and part with fodder. My question is: Is it permissible to spend on the mosque from the money obtained from selling qat? And is there zakah on it?
Answer:
Is qat forbidden? Yes, because it is a narcotic, so it is not permissible to sell it, nor to eat its proceeds, nor to cultivate it, nor… Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The listener Abu Saif al-Islam al-Rimi from Yemen says, may Allah preserve you: We have land that is an endowment (waqf) for mosques, and I am the one who pays the rent for the waqf worker and maintains the mosques, as part of the land is planted with wheat, part with qat trees, and part with fodder. My question is: Is it permissible to spend on the mosque from the money obtained from selling qat? And is there zakah on it?
Answer:
Is qat forbidden? Yes, because it is a narcotic, so it is not permissible to sell it, nor to eat its proceeds, nor to cultivate it, nor… Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7492 — youtube.com (14:18)
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