The Ruling on Eating Qat
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Question:
What is the ruling on eating qat?
Answer:
Everything that is harmful, such as qat or tobacco, and even more so intoxicants and narcotics, is all forbidden by consensus. It is all forbidden, and it is not permissible for anything that is harmful or foul to be lawful.[Al-A'raf 7:157] Foul things are forbidden by the Book, the Sunnah, and consensus. Whatever is established as foul is forbidden. Qat is among the foul things, and tobacco is among the foul things. This is a matter in which no one with intellect and knowledge can argue. The foulness of tobacco is apparent in its effect on the body, its smell, and its impact on human health. It is also among the foul things and among the harmful things, for it contains harm. [Al-Baqarah 2:195] [Al-Mu'minun 23:51]. And do good. Yes.
What is the ruling on eating qat?
Answer:
Everything that is harmful, such as qat or tobacco, and even more so intoxicants and narcotics, is all forbidden by consensus. It is all forbidden, and it is not permissible for anything that is harmful or foul to be lawful.
makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil
وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَائِثَand do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِeat from the good foods
كُلُوا مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 17 من 27|دروس التفسير في الحرم المكي|تفسير سورة آل عمران|116-120|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:43)
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