What is the ruling on eating qat, and the ruling on its cultivation and sale?

Question : I am asking you about the ruling on eating the qat plant, buying and selling it, and about its cultivation and the ruling on that, and about the ruling on its prohibition or permissibility?

Answer : I do not know the qat plant, nor do I know what the one who eats it does with it. I have heard something about it, and I have heard that there is disagreement among the scholars of the countries where it is abundant. For this reason, we refer the questioner to the scholars there, because the ruling on a thing is contingent upon its description. Since we do not have a clear picture of the reality of this plant or its effects, we are unable to speak about its ruling.