Do those who permit the use of the qat tree have this verse as evidence for them?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Those who permit the use of qat...
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Do those who permit the use of qat, the qat tree, have this verse as evidence for them?
The Shaykh : Yes, qat is not known among us, and praise be to Allah. It is known in Yemen, and they use it, but the most reliable scholars from Yemen, having observed what results from it, consider it forbidden and not permissible.
The questioner : Now, if someone were to say, for example: "Smoking is lawful, because it is among what Allah created on earth?" What would we say to him?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is the original principle, but the evidence indicates its prohibition due to the harm that results from it, the squandering of wealth, the wasting of time, and many other things we have mentioned previously.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Do those who permit the use of qat, the qat tree, have this verse as evidence for them?
The Shaykh : Yes, qat is not known among us, and praise be to Allah. It is known in Yemen, and they use it, but the most reliable scholars from Yemen, having observed what results from it, consider it forbidden and not permissible.
The questioner : Now, if someone were to say, for example: "Smoking is lawful, because it is among what Allah created on earth?" What would we say to him?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is the original principle, but the evidence indicates its prohibition due to the harm that results from it, the squandering of wealth, the wasting of time, and many other things we have mentioned previously.