Is Khat Halal or Haram?

[Avalanche]

Khat is literally a weak amphetamine.

 

[Riftvalley]

Your post is full of contradiction, I don't know where to start.

You state "fiqh allows health disagreements" then go about ranting ridiculing those who allow khat consumption,

Khat consumption will be banned in future Somalia. We will sentence smugglers to death and send you to therapy to alleviate your addiction. Kulaha khat is good.

 

[daljirkadahsoon]

Khat is literally a weak amphetamine.

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[Nin123]

This is question as old as time, but I will hereby present some of the opinion of the ulema who argued for its permissibility and their evidence.


Many classical and contemporary scholars have argued for the permissibility of the controversial tree, known as "Khat" Some of them are, sheikh Ali bin Omar Al Shadli, Al Allamah Abdullahi bin Sharf Al deen, Al Allamah Amir Al San'ani and Imam Al Shawkani.

These scholars have presented evidence for the permissibility of the khat and have debunked the shubuhat of those who criticise the consumption of the plant. they inferred the permissibility of khat consumption based on several pieces of evidence from the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and aql, from This evidence is:

1 - The Almighty’s saying: (It is He who created for you all that is on earth)

The meaning of the verse is that everything on earth is permissible for a person to benefit from in any way he wants unless there is evidence that prohibits it specifically and qat is one of these permissible things for which there is no evidence to prohibit it.

2. - The Prophet peace be upon him saying: (God has imposed obligations, so do not neglect them, and He has set limits, so do not transgress them. He forbade certain things, so do not violate them, and He remained silent about certain things out of mercy for you, not out of forgetfulness, so do not search for them).

The things God has pardoned are those he kept silent about, and whose permissibility or prohibition is neither clearly stated nor hidden, and khat is something that God has remained silent about, so it is permissible to consume it.

3. - The statement that khat is forbidden is in conflict with the Lawgiver, Blessed and Most High, who alone has the right to permit and prohibit, for God Almighty said: ( وَلا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هَذَا حَلَالٌ وَهَذَا حَرَام
لِتَقْتَرُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُون

4. - Qat does not cause sedation, anesthesia, or change, and this matter is proven by the experience of trustworthy and eminent jurists. Such as Imam Al-Shawkani, a group of Yemeni judiciary and fatwa experts, and so on If this were the case, there is no justification for prohibiting it and preventing its use.

5. - Many of the scholars of Yemen, especially the earlier ones, including the great mujtahids, jurists and hufadd were somewhere between a khat eater who said it was permissible, and someone who approved of it and remained silent about it, with no disagreement reported from him.

6. - Those who prohibit khat are among those who do not know what it is. As for those who permit khat, they have consumed khat, tried it, known it, and taught it, and as it's known, the rulings resulting from the knowledge of the ruler are stronger than those resulting from the narration of others.
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It’s halal and better than alcohol

 

[Diini23]

This is question as old as time, but I will hereby present some of the opinion of the ulema who argued for its permissibility and their evidence.


Many classical and contemporary scholars have argued for the permissibility of the controversial tree, known as "Khat" Some of them are, sheikh Ali bin Omar Al Shadli, Al Allamah Abdullahi bin Sharf Al deen, Al Allamah Amir Al San'ani and Imam Al Shawkani.

These scholars have presented evidence for the permissibility of the khat and have debunked the shubuhat of those who criticise the consumption of the plant. they inferred the permissibility of khat consumption based on several pieces of evidence from the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and aql, from This evidence is:

1 - The Almighty’s saying: (It is He who created for you all that is on earth)

The meaning of the verse is that everything on earth is permissible for a person to benefit from in any way he wants unless there is evidence that prohibits it specifically and qat is one of these permissible things for which there is no evidence to prohibit it.

2. - The Prophet peace be upon him saying: (God has imposed obligations, so do not neglect them, and He has set limits, so do not transgress them. He forbade certain things, so do not violate them, and He remained silent about certain things out of mercy for you, not out of forgetfulness, so do not search for them).

The things God has pardoned are those he kept silent about, and whose permissibility or prohibition is neither clearly stated nor hidden, and khat is something that God has remained silent about, so it is permissible to consume it.

3. - The statement that khat is forbidden is in conflict with the Lawgiver, Blessed and Most High, who alone has the right to permit and prohibit, for God Almighty said: ( وَلا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هَذَا حَلَالٌ وَهَذَا حَرَام
لِتَقْتَرُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُون

4. - Qat does not cause sedation, anesthesia, or change, and this matter is proven by the experience of trustworthy and eminent jurists. Such as Imam Al-Shawkani, a group of Yemeni judiciary and fatwa experts, and so on If this were the case, there is no justification for prohibiting it and preventing its use.

5. - Many of the scholars of Yemen, especially the earlier ones, including the great mujtahids, jurists and hufadd were somewhere between a khat eater who said it was permissible, and someone who approved of it and remained silent about it, with no disagreement reported from him.

6. - Those who prohibit khat are among those who do not know what it is. As for those who permit khat, they have consumed khat, tried it, known it, and taught it, and as it's known, the rulings resulting from the knowledge of the ruler are stronger than those resulting from the narration of others.
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That logic can be applied to many different substances which are haram to justify their consumption.

 

[Berke]

Khat is filth you clearly haven't seen what it does. Saudi Arabia has banned consumption or cultivation for a reason.

The fiqh ruling is one thing but that stuff should be banned permanently. The ruler has the prerogative to ban something for the public benefit.

Saudi Arabia doesn't have khat consuming culture, so them and UK banning it is irrelevant. Its like Somalia banning lizard eating(which is delicacy in Saudi Arabia).

Khat consumption will be banned in future Somalia. We will sentence smugglers to death and send you to therapy to alleviate your addiction. Kulaha khat is good.

Last time it was banned was in 1980s with the Taghug siad Barre government, how did that turnout? hhh. Also its important to note that most of the bad things associated with the blessed plant comes from the propaganda of the kacaan government, before that Khat was viewed positively even by non-chewing people.

It intoxicates. You cant pray when intoxicated so haram

It doesn't. This is something the even the biggest Khat critics will admit.