Prohibition on eating qat
Question

                What is the ruling on eating qat, and on not praying ‘Asr on time with the congregation and praying it half an hour before Maghrib?.
Praise be to Allah.
      Eating qat is haraam, because it makes people listless and 
      distracts them from remembering Allaah and from praying. It is not 
      permissible to delay the prayer from its proper time or to fail to pray in 
      congregation. These are evil actions which result from eating qat, and 
      they are all haraam actions. Hence eating qat is emphatically forbidden. 

    And Allaah is the Source of strength. May Allaah send 
    blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and 
    companions.