The Ruling on Consuming Qat and Selling It
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on consuming qat and selling it? And is it true, as some scholars or some people mention, that it is permissible in one country and forbidden in another, and that this depends on the regulations?
Answer:
This is according to the Shari'ah, and what is forbidden is forbidden in every place. Qat is forbidden. The scholars have issued rulings on this, and their answers are available. Qat is worse than tobacco. Qat is stored, and time passes while it is stored, and it causes one to abandon work and abandon prayer. It is not permissible to think, and may Allah protect us, that it is permissible to consume it. It is not permissible to sell it, nor to eat its price. Rulings have been issued by the people of knowledge on this matter.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on consuming qat and selling it? And is it true, as some scholars or some people mention, that it is permissible in one country and forbidden in another, and that this depends on the regulations?
Answer:
This is according to the Shari'ah, and what is forbidden is forbidden in every place. Qat is forbidden. The scholars have issued rulings on this, and their answers are available. Qat is worse than tobacco. Qat is stored, and time passes while it is stored, and it causes one to abandon work and abandon prayer. It is not permissible to think, and may Allah protect us, that it is permissible to consume it. It is not permissible to sell it, nor to eat its price. Rulings have been issued by the people of knowledge on this matter.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [416 -3022] ما حكم تعاطي القات وبيعه؟ وهل يجوز في بلدٍ ويحرم في آخر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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