Is it permissible to drink kava (yagona)?
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
It is makrooh tahreemi (i.e. prohibited and sinful) to drink kava.[1] This is also the view of Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Desai sahib. For details, click on the following link:
http://askimam.org/fatwa/fatwa.php?askid=56c6f5356856ec0e47dbed9bb1ec5d86
And Allah knows best.
Mufti Faizal Riza
29/2/2012