Content & Reports Policy

A listing containing any of these cannot be published. It is withdrawn from public view and sent for a human decision.

• Adult content access — site subscriptions, accounts, adult IPTV and paid private groups

  Qatar Penal Code Art. 292 punishes anyone who advertises indecent material or offers it for sale or rent 'even if not publicly', and Art. 8 of the Cybercrime Prevention Law (14/2014) punishes infringing social principles or values through an information network — so an ad selling access to pornographic sites, accounts, channels or paid private groups is itself the prohibited act, not merely a precursor to it.

  Source: Qatar Penal Code, Law No. 11 of 2004, Art. 292, chapter «الفعل الفاضح المخل بالحياء» — up to 1 year and/or QR 5,000 for making, importing, exporting, possessing or…

• Alcohol, alcoholic beverages and home-brewed liquor

  Selling, buying, delivering, transporting, possessing or brokering alcohol for the purpose of trade or promotion is a criminal offence in Qatar under Article 273 of the Penal Code (Law No. 11 of 2004), punishable by up to three years' imprisonment and/or a fine of QR 10,000, and importing or home-producing it falls under Article 272 (up to three years and a QR 10,000 fine); alcoholic beverages, HS 2203–2208, are also import-restricted by the General Authority of Customs.

  Source: Qatar Penal Code, Law No. 11 of 2004, Chapter Three, section «جرائم السكر والقمار والتسول» (Al Meezan English heading: "Drinking, Gambling and Begging"). Art

• Animal fighting, animals sold for fighting, and betting on it

  leelam.qa does not host listings that advertise animal fights, animals offered as bred or trained to fight, or betting on them — cruelly beating or torturing a domesticated or captive animal is an offence under Article 395 of the Qatari Penal Code (Law No. 11 of 2004) and betting is an offence under Articles 274 to 277 — while lawful traditional activities such as camel racing, camel beauty pageants (مزاينة), horse racing, falconry and pigeon racing are not covered by this rule, and a listing is never refused on the strength of a breed name alone.

  Source: Qatar Penal Code, Law No. 11 of 2004 — Art. 395(1)

• Asbestos and asbestos-containing products

  Asbestos and products containing it are banned hazardous building materials in Qatar and cannot be offered for sale on leelam.qa; if your item is asbestos-free or you are advertising an asbestos removal service, reply with the product or service name and we will restore the listing.

• Betel/paan preparations, pan masala and areca nut

  Prepared chewable Indian paan/betel is a prohibited good under Qatar's customs tariff both with and without tobacco (HS 2403.99.22 and HS 1211.90.81), so pan masala, gutkha and ready-to-chew betel preparations cannot be sold on the platform.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs, 'Prohibited Goods under the Customs Tariff' — HS 1211.90.81 'prepared chewable Indian paan (betel) not containing tobacco' (بان هندي تمبول محضر جاهز للمضغ غير محتوي على تبغ) and HS 2403.99

• Cannabis, hashish, cannabis/hemp seed and cannabis derivatives (THC, CBD)

  Cannabis in every form — herbal cannabis, hashish and hash oil, cannabis resin, cannabis and hemp seed, and cannabis extracts including THC and CBD products — is a controlled narcotic in Qatar under Law No. 9 of 1987 on the Control and Regulation of Narcotic Drugs and Dangerous Psychotropic Substances, and narcotic drugs are absolutely prohibited from import under the prohibited-goods list applied by the General Authority of Customs. There is no licence or permit that makes these goods tradable, so listings offering them are removed and referred for review.

• CBD, cannabidiol, hemp seed and cannabis-derived products

  Qatar's customs tariff places hemp seeds, Indian hemp and cannabis extracts on the prohibited-goods list outright (codes 120799200000, 121190600000 and 130219100000), so CBD oils, gummies and hemp extracts may not be advertised or sold here even where they are legal abroad.

  Source: الهيئة العامة للجمارك (Qatar General Authority of Customs) — «قائمة السلع الممنوعة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية»

• Child sexual abuse material (CSAM)

  Listing, offering or transmitting child sexual abuse material is a serious crime under Art. 7 of Qatar's Cybercrime Prevention Law (Law No. 14 of 2014), and exploiting a child in pornography or prostitution is an offence under Law No. 15 of 2011 on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings; the listing is removed, the account is frozen, and the evidence is preserved and referred to the Ministry of Interior.

  Source: Law No. 14 of 2014 (Cybercrime Prevention Law), Art. 7 — up to 5 years' imprisonment and QR 500,000 for any person who, through information technology techniques, produces child pornography or imports, SELLS, PUTS TO SALE, offers…

• Counterfeit goods and trademark infringement

  Offering for sale goods that bear a counterfeit or imitated trademark is unlawful in Qatar and is actively enforced by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, which has closed shops for displaying and selling counterfeit goods bearing international trademarks, so listings advertising copies or replicas of branded products cannot be published.

  Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI), Intellectual Property Rights Protection Department, with the Ministry of Interior

• Counterfeit currency and currency-counterfeiting equipment

  Qatar's Penal Code (Law No. 11 of 2004) criminalises counterfeiting or altering currency — Qatari or foreign — and importing, circulating or possessing it, as well as making, selling or possessing the plates, inks, papers, chemicals or machines prepared for producing it.

  Source: Qatar Penal Code, Law No. 11 of 2004 — the chapter on crimes against public confidence (تقليد العملة وتزييفها), which criminalises counterfeiting or altering Qatari or foreign currency, bringing it into or out of the State, circul…

• E-cigarettes, vapes, e-liquids, electronic shisha, heated-tobacco devices and smoking-tool simulators

  Qatar bans e-cigarettes outright: Article 7 of Law No. 10 of 2016 on the Control of Tobacco and its Derivatives prohibits importing, circulating, DISPLAYING, selling, distributing or manufacturing electronic cigarettes, electronic shisha and simulators of smoking tools — an offence carrying, under Article 16, imprisonment of up to six months and/or a fine of up to QR 100,000 — and the General Authority of Customs lists the devices and their spare parts (HS 8543.40.10/.20/.30/.90 and 8543.90.91/.92/.93/.98) among the prohibited goods under the customs tariff, so no licence exists that would make this listing lawful.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 10 of 2016 on the Control of Tobacco and its Derivatives — Art. 1 (defines 'Electronic cigarette' as a battery-operated device designed to resemble a traditional cigarette used to inhale a usually nicotine-containing…

• Explosives, detonators, blasting materials and precursors

  Law No. 14 of 1999 treats these as explosive substances (Art. 31 with Schedule 4), Article 32 bars any licence to trade in or manufacture them outside State-contracted factories, and Article 40 sets 7-14 years' imprisonment for unlicensed possession, transport or trade — there is no permit a private seller can hold, so the listing is refused; licensed quarry, oilfield and demolition users buy through Ministry of Interior channels, never through a classified ad.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 14 of 1999 on Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives (قانون رقم (14) لسنة 1999 بشأن الأسلحة والذخائر والمتفجرات), Official Gazette No. 8 of 29/08/1999, in force — Chapter Three (Arts

• Military and automatic firearms — trade never licensable

  Article 2 of Law 14/1999 forbids any licence to trade in, import, manufacture, possess or acquire the weapons listed in Section 2 of Schedule 2, or their parts, ammunition, silencers or mounted scopes, and the sole exception the legislature later added (Art. 3-bis, inserted by Law 26/2010) covers possession by foreign diplomats and official-delegation bodyguards rather than sale — so no permit can make a public sale listing for a military or automatic firearm lawful, and the ad is refused outright rather than escalated for a licence check.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 14 of 1999 on Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives (قانون رقم 14 لسنة 1999 بشأن الأسلحة والذخائر والمتفجرات), Official Gazette No. 8, 29/08/1999, p. 56 — Art

• Fireworks, firecrackers and pyrotechnics (Schedules 1–2, banned outright)

  Firecrackers, rockets and shells are named by device in Schedule 1 of Qatar's Law No. 7 of 2020 on Fireworks, which Article 2 bans absolutely — no licence of any kind covers them, Article 17 sets up to six years' imprisonment and a fine up to QR 200,000, and Article 22 requires confiscation, so the listing cannot remain online.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 7 of 2020 on Fireworks — قانون رقم (7) لسنة 2020 بشأن الألعاب النارية

• Gambling equipment and betting devices

  Gambling is a criminal offence in Qatar under Articles 274-276 of the Penal Code (Law No. 11 of 2004), and Article 277 requires the court to confiscate the materials, money and equipment used and to close the premises. leelam.qa therefore does not carry gambling machines, roulette, poker or blackjack tables, betting terminals, or the sale of betting accounts. Skill and board games (backgammon, baloot, chess, dominoes) and free prize draws are not covered by this rule.

  Source: Qatar Penal Code (Law No. 11 of 2004), Arts. 274-277

• Heated-tobacco devices and their sticks (IQOS/ILUMA, HEETS, TEREA, glo, lil, Ploom)

  Electrically heated cigarette devices are named by name on Qatar General Authority of Customs' Prohibited Goods list under the customs tariff (8543.40.30, parts at 8543.90.93), and Law No. 10 of 2016 on the Control of Tobacco and its Derivatives bans in Art. 9 any advertising or promotion of tobacco and its derivatives and in Art. 7 the trading, display and sale of electronic smoking devices — with penalties up to six months' imprisonment and a QR 100,000 fine under Art. 16 — so IQOS, ILUMA, glo, lil, their sticks and their spare parts cannot be listed for sale on leelam.qa.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs — «قائمة السلع الممنوعة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية» (List of Prohibited Goods under the Customs Tariff), tariff line 85 43 40 30 00 00 «أجهزة تسخين كهربائية للفائف السجائ…

• Human organs, tissue, bone, blood, gametes, breast milk and paid surrogacy

  Human bones, organs and tissue (customs tariff HS 3001.90.21 and 3001.90.29) and prepared human blood (HS 3002.90.00.01) are on Qatar's Restricted Goods list under the Customs Tariff and may be released only with the approval of the Ministry of Public Health's Pharmacy and Drug Control Department, and Qatar's organ transplantation law separately prohibits any financial reward for donation. A classifieds advertisement is never a lawful channel for any of these, so a listing that offers or seeks an organ, tissue, bone, cornea, blood, breast milk, eggs, sperm or a surrogate for payment is removed from public view immediately and escalated to a human moderator.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs, «قائمة السلع المقيدة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية» (List of Restricted Goods under the Customs Tariff), retrieved live 2026-08-14 from customs.gov.qa/Arabic/Tariff/Pages/Restricted-Goods

• Raw and unworked ivory, ivory waste, and elephant products

  Unworked ivory — tusks, ivory powder and ivory waste — falls under the customs tariff heading for prohibited goods (HS 0507.10) and under Qatar's obligations as a CITES Party: raw ivory has no permit route at all, and worked or antique ivory can only move with CITES documentation this marketplace cannot verify.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs — goods prohibited under the customs tariff, HS heading 0507.10 (ivory; ivory powder and waste), applied via the GCC Common Customs Law unified tariff

• Khat (Catha edulis)

  Khat is named on the Qatar General Authority of Customs list of goods prohibited under the customs tariff, at HS 1211.90.91 «نبات القات», so it may not be imported or traded in Qatar in fresh, dried, or any other form; its active alkaloid cathine is separately a controlled substance released only with Ministry of Public Health approval.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs — «قائمة السلع الممنوعة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية» (List of Goods Prohibited under the Customs Tariff), HS 1211.90.91, entry «نبات القات»

• Live swine

  Live swine are the first three lines (HS 0103.10, 0103.91, 0103.92) of Qatar General Authority of Customs' list of goods prohibited under the customs tariff, so — unlike pork products, which the Authority merely controls — there is no import permit that can make a live pig lawfully available in Qatar.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs — «قائمة السلع الممنوعة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية» / EN "Goods forbidden by Tariff", published as "Prohibited Goods In the Unified GCC Customs Tariff 2017 (27) Commodities" (customs.gov

• Mace (and nutmeg) as a psychoactive spice

  Mace (HS 0908.21/0908.22) appears on the General Authority of Customs list of goods prohibited under the customs tariff, so listings offering it — and closely related nutmeg listings, which are not themselves on the Qatari list — are withdrawn for a human check against the current customs list.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs, 'Prohibited Goods under the Customs Tariff' — HS 0908.21 (neither crushed nor ground) and HS 0908.22 (crushed or ground), which under HS heading 0908 'nutmeg, mace and cardamoms' are Mace

• Marine turtles, their eggs and tortoiseshell

  Taking marine turtles or collecting their eggs is prohibited by Article 3(1) of Law No. 4 of 2002, and any trade in marine turtles or tortoiseshell requires a CITES permit from the Ministry of Environment under Law No. 5 of 2006, so a private listing offered without that permit cannot be lawful.

  Source: Law No. 4 of 2002 Regulating the Hunting of Wild Animals, Birds and Reptiles (قانون رقم 4 لسنة 2002 بتنظيم صيد الحيوانات والطيور والزواحف البرية), issued 11-05-2002, Art

• Military ordnance (hand grenades, mines, shells, warheads, flamethrowers)

  Hand grenades, mines, flamethrowers and incendiary devices are named outright in Section Two of Schedule 2 to Qatar's Law No. 14 of 1999, and Article 2 forbids issuing any licence to possess, trade in, import or manufacture them — so there is no permit a private seller could obtain — while a shell or warhead still holding a Schedule 4 explosive charge additionally carries 7 to 14 years' imprisonment under Article 40, and confiscation is mandatory under Article 53.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 14 of 1999 on Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives — قانون رقم (14) لسنة 1999 بشأن الأسلحة والذخائر والمتفجرات (Official Gazette No. 8, 29/08/1999, p.56; 68 articles; status: in force)

• Foodstuff banned from import by the Ministry of Public Health

  The Ministry of Public Health publishes a standing list of foodstuffs banned from import into Qatar — hemp and poppy seeds, Patanjali products without an approved Halal certificate, non-Halal food, and meat, poultry and eggs from specified countries under animal-disease precautions — and listings offering these are withdrawn and checked against the current MOPH list.

  Source: Ministry of Public Health, Port Health and Food Control Section, 'List of Banned Imported Foodstuff to Qatar' (قائمة المواد الغذائية المحظور استيرادها إلى دولة قطر), updated 1 November 2020 — Part One (standards/technical-regulati…

• Narcotic drugs and dangerous psychotropic substances

  Narcotic drugs and dangerous psychotropic substances may not be traded at all in Qatar: Article 2 of Law No. 9 of 1987 (as amended by Law No. 20 of 2003) prohibits selling, buying, possessing, transporting, delivering or brokering them except in the cases and conditions the law itself provides, and the General Authority of Customs lists coca leaf, opium, hashish, Indian hemp, the khat plant, poppy, cocaine and ecgonine among the goods prohibited under the customs tariff.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 9 of 1987 on Combating Narcotic Drugs and Dangerous Psychotropic Substances and Regulating their Use and Trade (قانون رقم (9) لسنة 1987) — Art

• Leaked / non-consensual intimate imagery and privacy-violating recordings of people

  Offering or circulating private or intimate images or recordings of an identifiable person — including material described as 'leaked' or a 'scandal', anything filmed covertly, and AI-generated nude images of a real person — is a criminal offence in Qatar under Penal Code Arts. 291-293 and 333 and Arts. 8, 8 bis and 9 of the Cybercrime Prevention Law, so this listing has been removed and referred for review.

  Source: Qatar Penal Code, Law No. 11 of 2004 — Art. 291 (offending a female by word, sound, gesture or display; second paragraph: same penalty on anyone who violates the privacy of a female — 1 yr and/or QR 5,000); Art

• Goods, prints or recordings bearing material offensive to Islam or the protected divine religions, and missionary/atheism material for distribution

  Article 263 of the Qatari Penal Code (Law No. 11 of 2004) punishes — with up to one year and/or a fine of up to QR 1,000 — anyone who produces, sells, offers for sale or circulation, possesses, or advertises products, goods, prints or tapes bearing drawings, slogans, words or symbols that offend Islam or the protected divine religions; Articles 259 and 261 cover material promoting another religion or atheism that is held for distribution.

  Source: Qatar Penal Code, Law No. 11 of 2004 (قانون رقم 11 لسنة 2004 بإصدار قانون العقوبات), Book II, Part VII, Chapter 1 «الجرائم المتعلقة بالأديان والتعدي على حرمة الموتى» (Arts. 256–267)

• Opium poppy, poppy seeds, poppy straw and opium

  Poppy seeds, poppy, poppy straw, black poppy and opium are each listed by HS code on the General Authority of Customs "Goods forbidden by Tariff" list, and none of them appears on the companion restricted list — so there is no permit or licence that would make them tradable in Qatar. The prohibition covers the culinary seed sold as a cooking spice, not only the narcotic.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs — «قائمة السلع الممنوعة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية» / "Goods forbidden by Tariff" (customs.gov.qa/Arabic|English/Tariff/Pages/Prohibited-Goods.aspx)

• Oral nicotine pouches and smokeless tobacco (snus, shammah, sweika, naswar; VELO, ZYN, White Fox)

  Oral tobacco pouches — snus, shammah and sweika — are banned outright in Qatar: Article 7 of Law No. 10 of 2016 prohibits importing, circulating, displaying, selling, distributing or manufacturing sweika 'in any form or under any name' and chewing tobacco 'in any form and under any name' (penalties at Article 16: up to six months' imprisonment and/or QAR 100,000, with confiscation under Article 20), and the General Authority of Customs lists prepared chewing shammah and sweika containing tobacco as prohibited goods under HS 2403.99.21; tobacco-free nicotine pouches fall under HS 2404.91, a restricted heading released only on the approval of the Ministry of Public Health's Pharmacy and Drug Control Department, so a private seller cannot lawfully offer either kind and the listing is refused.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 10 of 2016 on the Control of Tobacco and its Derivatives — Art. 1 defines Dipping tobacco (Sweika) as 'any substance made of tobacco derivatives, which is usually stored in the mouth sniff…

• Pornography, obscene films, images and printed matter

  Producing, importing, advertising, selling, renting or distributing obscene books, films, images, discs or similar material is a criminal offence in Qatar under Penal Code Art. 292 — the sale, rental and advertising limb applies even where the transaction is not public — and the General Authority of Customs lists indecent material of all kinds as prohibited from import.

  Source: Qatar Penal Code, Law No. 11 of 2004, Art. 292 — para 1 penalises making, importing, exporting, possessing, holding or transporting «بقصد الاستغلال أو التوزيع أو العرض» any «كتاباً أو مطبوعاً أو كتابات أخرى أو رسوماً أو صوراً أو أ…

• Prostitution, escort services and solicitation

  Offering, soliciting or brokering sexual services is criminal in Qatar: Penal Code (Law No. 11/2004) Art. 294 punishes public incitement to debauchery by word, gesture or any other means (6 months to 3 years), Art. 296 punishes inducing or seducing a person to immoral acts or offering a person for sexual exploitation (1 to 3 years), and Art. 298 punishes practising or exploiting prostitution (up to 10 years). Publishing such an ad online also engages Art. 8 of Cybercrime Law No. 14/2014. The listing is withdrawn from public view and referred to a human reviewer; coded or indirect wording is treated exactly as explicit wording.

  Source: Qatar Penal Code, Law No. 11 of 2004, Chapter Six 'Instigation of Debauchery, Dissipation and Fornication' (Arts. 294-299) — text

• Rhinoceros horn and worked rhino-horn items

  Rhinoceros horn is a CITES Appendix-I specimen with no commercial trade route in Qatar, and offering one for sale without a licence from the CITES executive management is an offence under Article 13 of Law No. 5 of 2006, carrying up to one year's imprisonment and/or a QR 20,000 fine plus confiscation.

  Source: CITES: all Rhinocerotidae are listed in Appendix I, save the southern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) populations of South Africa and Eswatini, whose Appendix-II listing is annotated to live animals and hunting trophies on…

• Broadcast piracy: satellite/IPTV decoders, card-sharing servers and resold subscriptions

  Selling devices, servers, IPTV "lines" or accounts that let someone receive encrypted broadcasts they are not entitled to receive is an infringement under Article 51 of Law No. 7 of 2002 on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights — six months to one year imprisonment, with mandatory confiscation of the goods under Article 52 — and delivering it over a network is separately punishable under Article 13 of the Cybercrime Prevention Law No. 14 of 2014 by up to three years and a fine of up to QR 500,000.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 7 of 2002 on the Protection of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights, Art. 51 (official text: WIPO Lex QA001, https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/qa/qa001en_1.pdf). Art

• Sex dolls — life-size silicone, TPE, rubber and inflatable dolls, and doll torsos

  A doll made for sexual use is one of the "other objects offending modesty or public morals" under Article 292 of Qatar's Penal Code (Law No. 11 of 2004), and that same article makes it an offence to advertise, display, sell, rent or offer such an object for sale — even not publicly. Publishing the ad online is separately covered by Article 8 of the Cybercrime Law (No. 14 of 2014). The listing has therefore been removed from public view and referred to a human moderator.

  Source: Qatar Penal Code, Law No. 11 of 2004, Art. 292 (Part 7, Chapter Five «الأفعال المخلة بالحياء والآداب العامة»)

• Sex toys and adult devices

  Qatari law prohibits advertising, displaying, selling or renting any object that offends public decency — expressly including offers made not in public (Penal Code Art. 292, Law No. 11 of 2004) — and the General Authority of Customs lists immoral materials in all their forms among goods prohibited from import. This listing therefore cannot be published.

  Source: Qatar Penal Code, Law No. 11 of 2004, Art. 292

Lawful with a licence or permit. The listing is not auto-refused — it is reviewed, and you may be asked for the permit.

• Air, pellet, BB, CO2, airsoft and gel-blaster guns (Schedule 5)

  Air rifles and air pistols are named in Schedule 5 of Qatar's Law No. 14 of 1999 on Arms, Ammunition and Explosives, so possessing, trading, importing or exporting them requires a licence from the Ministry of Interior — the listing is held for human review, not refused, and can be restored if the seller shows a valid licence.

  Source: قانون رقم (14) لسنة 1999 بشأن الأسلحة والذخائر والمتفجرات (ساري، قيد التطبيق) — المادة (3 مكرراً 1) والجدول رقم (5) «البنادق والمسدسات الهوائية»، المضافان بالقانون رقم (26) لسنة 2010 (المادتان 2 و4)، الجريدة الرسمية العدد (1) لسنة…

• Ammunition, cartridges and shotgun shells

  Ammunition may be held only by a person already licensed for the weapon it fits (Law No. 14 of 1999, Art. 8), trading in weapons or their ammunition requires a Ministry of Interior licence (Art. 20, with Art. 48 penalising unlicensed trading), and Qatar Customs keeps hunting and sport-shooting cartridges (HS 9306.21.10) on the restricted list — so the listing is withdrawn and a human checks the seller's dealer licence rather than the system auto-rejecting it.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 14 of 1999 on Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives (قانون رقم (14) لسنة 1999 بشأن الأسلحة والذخائر والمتفجرات; Al Meezan LawID 3963, 68 articles, in force) — Art

• Anabolic steroids, growth hormone and performance enhancers

  Testosterone, anabolic steroids, growth hormone, SARMs and injectable peptides are pharmaceutical products that in Qatar may only be supplied on prescription through a licensed pharmacy or clinic, so a private seller or a gym cannot offer them on a public marketplace. A licensed pharmaceutical establishment may request review.

  Source: وزارة الصحة العامة — إدارة الصيدلة والرقابة الدوائية: المستحضرات الصيدلانية تُسجَّل وتُصرف بوصفة طبية عبر منشأة مرخّصة · الهيئة العامة للجمارك — البند 2937 (هرمونات) من التعريفة الجمركية الموحّدة لدول مجلس التعاون | Qatar MOPH Pha…

• Big cats, exotic predators and their parts

  Lions, tigers, cheetahs, wolves, bears and similar predators may only be kept or traded in Qatar by a licence holder, and these species are additionally controlled under CITES, to which Qatar is a party; the listing is held pending proof of a valid licence or CITES permit.

• Combat bladed weapons and impact weapons

  Article 44 of Law No. 14 of 1999 punishes carrying a white weapon without personal or professional necessity with up to six months' imprisonment and/or a fine of up to QR 5,000, doubled in gatherings, public transport or places of worship; because the law sets no blade-length limit and speaks to carrying rather than sale, combat knives, knuckle dusters and batons are held for a human decision while kitchen, camping, work and heritage blades stay live.

  Source: قانون رقم (14) لسنة 1999 بشأن الأسلحة والذخائر والمتفجرات — Qatar Law No. 14 of 1999 on Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives

• CITES-listed parrots and endangered birds

  Parrots such as the African grey, macaws, cockatoos and Amazons are CITES-listed — the African grey has been on Appendix I since January 2017 — and Qatar requires a CITES certificate for each bird, so the listing is held until that certificate is supplied.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs restricted-goods list — HS 0106.32.10 ببغاء الأمازوني, .20 البركيت, .30 المكاو, .40 كوكاتو, .50 الببغاء الاسيوي, .60 الببغاء الافريقي, .90 ببغاوات اخر, and HS 0106

• Controlled narcotic and psychotropic medicines

  Narcotic and psychotropic medicines such as tramadol, pregabalin, gabapentin, alprazolam, codeine and phentermine may only be imported, held and dispensed through channels licensed by the Ministry of Public Health's Pharmacy and Drug Control Department — a private seller holds no such licence, so the listing is withdrawn and referred for review under Law No. 9 of 1987.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 9 of 1987 on the Control and Regulation of Narcotic Drugs and Dangerous Psychotropic Substances (قانون رقم 9 لسنة 1987 في شأن مكافحة المخدرات والمؤثرات العقلية الخطرة وتنظيم استعمالها والاتجار فيها) — medicines liste…

• Ingestible dietary supplements, sports nutrition and herbal health preparations

  Dietary supplements, vitamins and herbal health preparations are regulated health products in Qatar: they must be registered with the Ministry of Public Health before being sold, and imports require health-authority clearance. This listing is held for human review, not rejected — a sealed, MOPH-registered retail product will normally be reinstated.

  Source: Qatar Ministry of Public Health — food supplements, vitamins and herbal health preparations are regulated as health products that must be registered with MOPH before being placed on the Qatari market, and consignments are released…

• Drones and unmanned aircraft

  Drones are lawful in Qatar only with QCAA registration and a licence or operating permit under Law No. (10) of 2026, which also sets the rules for importing and exporting them, so drone listings are held for human review rather than automatically refused — send us your QCAA registration or licence and the ad can be republished.

  Source: Law No. (10) of 2026 on the Regulation of Unmanned Aircraft (Drones) — القانون رقم (10) لسنة 2026 بشأن تنظيم الطائرات بدون طيار — published in the Official Gazette, issue 12, 19 July 2026, and administered by the Qatar General Civ…

• Scheduled drug-precursor chemicals

  This item is an internationally scheduled drug-precursor chemical under the 1988 UN Convention, to which Qatar is a party, so it may only be traded by a holder of a permit from the competent authority — your ad has been placed on hold for a human review, not refused.

• Reptiles, tortoises and venomous creatures (licence required)

  Snakes, tortoises, iguanas, crocodiles, dhub lizards, chameleons, other reptiles, scorpions and spiders are all named on Qatar's customs restricted-goods list under HS 0106, releasable only through the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Wildlife Development Department) or the Ministry of Municipality (Livestock Department), so a valid licence must be produced before this listing can run — and where the animal falls under the schedule to Law No. 10 of 2019 on dangerous animals, Article 2 makes trading in it an offence without a permit from the competent department.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs, «قائمة السلع المقيدة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية» (list of goods restricted under the customs tariff), retrieved from customs.gov.qa/Arabic/Tariff/Pages/Restricted-Goods.aspx

• Falcons and birds of prey

  Falconry is lawful in Qatar and falcons are openly traded, but birds of prey sit on the Customs Authority's restricted-goods list and Law No. 5 of 2006 penalises offering a listed specimen for sale (Art. 13) or presenting one to the public while unregistered (Art. 14), so this ad is held — not refused — until the seller supplies a CITES permit or the ownership/possession certificate that Art. 11 allows for a privately held bird.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs — «قائمة السلع المقيدة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية» (retrieved live from customs.gov.qa/Arabic/Tariff/Pages/Restricted-Goods.aspx): HS 0106.31.00.00.01 «صقور», 0106.31.00.00

• Firearm major parts, silencers, telescopic sights and weapon accessories

  Under Article 51 of Law No. 14 of 1999, possessing a firearm's main parts, a silencer, or a telescopic sight fitted to a Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 weapon without a licence is a criminal offence in its own right, and the penalty is doubled where the purpose is trade, import or repair — so an accessory listing is reviewed as a weapons listing, and Article 53 requires confiscation of parts as well as weapons. Article 2 additionally bars any licence for silencers or sights fitted to the Schedule 2 Section Two weapons (rifled rifles, machine guns and military arms). This is not a rejection: the listing is held and released if a valid Ministry of Interior licence is produced.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 14 of 1999 on Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives (Official Gazette No. 8, 29/08/1999; 68 articles; in force) — Art

• Injectable cosmetic and slimming medicines (botulinum toxin, fillers, whitening/vitamin drips, PRP, slimming pens)

  Qatari law forbids anyone to prepare or sell a medicine or pharmaceutical substance given by injection without a licence from the competent authority (Law 3/1983 art. 2) and forbids circulating any medicine not registered with MOPH (Law 1/1986 art. 2); a MOPH-licensed clinic advertising a treatment may be allowed, but an individual selling vials, ampoules, pens or home-injection kits may not — so this listing is held for human review, not auto-rejected.

  Source: Law No. 3 of 1983 regulating the pharmacy professions and the brokers and agents of drug factories and companies (قانون رقم (3) لسنة 1983 بتنظيم مهن الصيدلة والوسطاء ووكلاء مصانع وشركات الأدوية), Official Gazette issue 1/1983 p

• Worked ivory and articles of ivory

  Ivory comes from CITES Appendix I elephants, and Qatar's Law No. 5 of 2006 (Art. 7) allows trade in such specimens only where they are entered in the register kept by the environment authority — Art. 13 makes merely offering one for sale an offence carrying up to one year and/or QR 20,000. Your listing is therefore held, not refused: it is restored if you provide the registration or pre-Convention certificate from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, or evidence that the material is not elephant ivory.

  Source: Law No. 5 of 2006 on the Regulation of Trade in Endangered Wildlife Fauna and Flora and their Products (Qatar, 21/02/2006, Official Gazette issue 4 of 30/04/2006, 21 articles, in force), read against Decree No

• Home, hotel and outcall massage service advertisements

  Advertisements offering massage at a home, hotel room or other private address are held for human review because the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has taken legal action against massage establishments over advertisements breaching public decency and religious values (Article 2 of Law No. 8 of 2008 on Consumer Protection), and because therapeutic massage may only be offered within a licensed physiotherapy scope — attach your commercial registration and any Ministry of Public Health licence and the listing will be reconsidered.

• Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) and cream chargers

  Nitrous oxide (customs tariff code 2811.29.90.00.03) is an import-restricted chemical in Qatar, released only with the approval of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - Department of Radiation Protection and Chemicals. Listings offering gas cylinders or cream chargers are therefore withdrawn from public view and referred to a moderator to check for an import or trade licence. It is not on Qatar's prohibited-goods list, so this is a licensing check, not a finding that the goods are illegal.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs — «قائمة السلع المقيدة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية» (List of Restricted Goods under the Customs Tariff), table version 14 January 2025

• Nude statues, paintings, prints and erotic artwork

  The listing has been withdrawn for human review, not automatically refused. Penal Code Art. 292 makes it an offence to advertise, display, sell or offer for sale material offending modesty or public morals, even privately; printed and photographic works additionally require clearance from the Ministry of Culture under the Publications and Publishing Law. Whether a particular artwork crosses that line is a judgement for a reviewer, so the ad is held until that decision is made.

  Source: Qatar Penal Code (Law No. 11 of 2004), Art. 292

• Ozone-depleting substances and import-restricted refrigerant gases

  Refrigerant gases, halons and other ozone-depleting substances are on Qatar General Authority of Customs' list of RESTRICTED goods and may only be imported or traded under a permit from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (halon fire-extinguisher charges require Ministry of Interior Civil Defence approval), so a listing offering them is held for human review rather than automatically refused.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs — «قائمة السلع المقيدة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية» (goods restricted under the customs tariff), active 12-digit codes, list version dated 14 January 2025. Read live at https://www.customs.gov

• Political publications and printed matter barred from circulation

  Under Qatar's Publications and Publishing Law (Law No. 8 of 1979), a publication printed in or imported into Qatar may not be sold or circulated without the written approval of the Department of Publications and Publishing (Art. 59), and content that attacks the system of governance, endangers State security, or harms Qatar's relations with other states may not be published (Arts. 46-47). Your listing has been held for review; if the item is cleared for circulation it will be republished.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 8 of 1979 on Publications and Publishing (قانون رقم 8 لسنة 1979 بشأن المطبوعات والنشر) — text

• Pork and pork-derived products

  Pork and pork-derived products are restricted goods in Qatar, not prohibited ones: every swine line in the General Authority of Customs' Goods Restricted by Tariff list requires the Authority's approval, and lawful retail is confined to the licensed non-halal channel. The listing is therefore held for a human licence check rather than automatically refused.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs — «قائمة السلع المقيدة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية» / "Goods Restricted by Tariff", customs.gov.qa/English/Tariff/Pages/Restricted-Goods

• Prescription-only, unregistered or imported medicines (incl. slimming and cosmetic injectables)

  In Qatar only medicines registered and licensed by the Ministry of Public Health may be placed on the market, and they may be supplied only by a licensed pharmacy or health facility; medicines on the schedule annexed to the Pharmacy Professions Law additionally require a physician's prescription. Private resale of medicines — imported or 'original from abroad' stock, pharmacy surplus, leftover prescriptions, and slimming or cosmetic injectables such as Ozempic, Saxenda, Botox and fillers — is therefore not permitted on this site. If you hold an MOPH licence for this activity, reply with the licence number and the ad will be reviewed rather than removed; to check or report a product, MOPH's Pharmacy and Drug Control Department can be reached on 16000.

  Source: Law No. 3 of 1983, «قانون رقم (3) لسنة 1983 بتنظيم مهن الصيدلة والوسطاء ووكلاء مصانع وشركات الأدوية» (Al Meezan LawID 2601 / lawpage id 302; amended by Law No

• Live monkeys and other primates

  Live monkeys and other primates cannot be sold in Qatar without a licence: baboons, green monkeys, chimpanzees and gorillas — and every other species in their families — are on the Schedule of dangerous animals of Law No. 10 of 2019, whose Article 2 bans trading them except under a licence from the competent department (up to 3 years and QAR 100,000), all primates are CITES-listed so that offering one for sale is an offence under Article 13 of Law No. 5 of 2006, and Customs holds them on the restricted list, so this ad stays hidden until you send the licence and the CITES permit.

  Source: Law No. 10 of 2019 regulating the possession of dangerous animals and creatures — قانون رقم (10) لسنة 2019 تنظيم اقتناء الحيوانات والكائنات الخطرة, Official Gazette No

• Protected native wildlife and its parts (houbara, oryx, gazelle, ibex, marine turtles, wild birds, eggs, horns, taxidermy)

  Live native wildlife — houbara, Arabian oryx, gazelles, ibex, marine turtles and wild birds — and their eggs, horns, shells and mounted specimens may only be traded with a permit. Law No. 5 of 2006 regulates trade in endangered wildlife species and their products (CITES), and Law No. 4 of 2002 restricts the hunting of wild animals, birds and reptiles and bans taking marine turtles, their eggs, and birds' eggs and nests. The listing is held so you can supply a Ministry of Environment and Climate Change permit or captive-breeding documentation.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 4 of 2002 regulating hunting of wildlife animals, birds and reptiles (6 articles; FAOLEX/ECOLEX record LEX-FAOC063994): Art

• Qurans and religious publications requiring a licence

  Qatar's Publications and Publishing Law (Law No. 8 of 1979) requires a special import licence from the Department of Publications and Publishing before Holy Qurans or parts of them — whether as printed matter or as audio recordings — may be imported or traded (Art. 56); a licence is also required to carry on the business of importing, exporting or distributing publications (Art. 48), and publications need written approval before being sold or distributed (Art. 59). Listings offering Qurans or religious publications in commercial quantities, for import, or for distribution are therefore sent to a human reviewer. Private sale of a personal copy, and Quran accessories such as holders, covers and stands, are not affected.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 8 of 1979 on Publications and Publishing (قانون رقم 8 لسنة 1979 بشأن المطبوعات والنشر) — 102 articles, Official Gazette issue 7 p. 3175, dated 07/10/1979

• Radio jammers, unlicensed mobile signal boosters/repeaters and other non-type-approved radio transmitters

  In Qatar, radio and mobile-network equipment must be type-approved by the Communications Regulatory Authority before it may be imported or sold, and the CRA has stated that mobile signal boosters and repeaters are permitted only through licensed telecom service providers — so a private sale needs proof of CRA authorisation or a licensed-provider origin, while jamming devices cannot be authorised at all and may not be traded.

  Source: Telecommunications Law, promulgated by Decree-Law No. (34) of 2006 and amended by Law No. (17) of 2017 [

• Sexual-performance medicines and 'natural' enhancers

  Medicines and food supplements are restricted goods in Qatar that clear customs only on the approval of the Ministry of Public Health's Pharmacy and Drug Control Department, so they cannot be offered for sale here without a licence — and that includes 'royal honey', Turkish epimedium paste and similar products advertised as sexual enhancers, which are the usual vehicle for undeclared pharmaceutical ingredients.

  Source: الهيئة العامة للجمارك — «السلع المقيدة بالتعرفة» (customs.gov.qa/Arabic/Tariff/Pages/Restricted-Goods.aspx)، مُتحقَّق منه بالاطلاع المباشر بتاريخ 2026-08-14: أدوية الفصل 30 (326 بنداً، منها 3004.39.00

• Covert surveillance, spy cameras and listening devices

  Ordinary CCTV, 4G farm cameras, dashcams, video doorbells and baby monitors stay live — this entry is only for devices sold on their covert function. It escalates rather than rejects because no instrument we could verify bans owning or selling such a device in Qatar; what is banned is the use it is advertised for. Recording or photographing a person in a private place without consent is an offence under Penal Code Art. 333 (up to 2 years and/or QR 10,000); installing cameras in bedrooms, physiotherapy rooms, toilets, changing rooms or places dedicated for women is prohibited by Law No. 9 of 2011; publishing what is captured can fall under Cybercrime Law No. 14 of 2014 Art. 8 (up to 3 years and/or QR 100,000); and any wireless model additionally needs CRA type approval before it may be imported or used.

  Source: Penal Code (Law No. 11 of 2004) Art. 333, as amended by Law No. 4 of 2017: unlawful eavesdropping on a conversation, recording conversations held in a private place, and taking or transmitting a photograph of a person i…

• Taxidermy, skins, furs, animal parts and wildlife products

  Mounted and stuffed animals, wild-animal skins and furs, horns, antlers, claws, skulls, raw feathers, tortoiseshell, coral and black coral are controlled wildlife products. Qatar's customs restricted list routes them through the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Wildlife Development Department) or the Ministry of Municipality (Livestock Department), and Law No. 5 of 2006 makes offering an appendix-listed specimen for sale an offence in itself (Art. 13), as is presenting an unregistered specimen to the public (Art. 14). The listing is therefore held until a valid MoECC permit or certificate of lawful possession is produced. One exception: raw ivory, ivory powder and ivory waste are on Qatar's PROHIBITED list, so an ivory listing is refused outright and no permit cures it. Ordinary livestock leather (cow, sheep, goat, camel), wool, faux fur, animal-print fabrics and resin or plastic replicas are not covered by this rule.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs, «قائمة السلع المقيدة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية» (active 12-digit codes, revision dated 14 Jan 2025) at customs.gov

• Tobacco, cigarettes, shisha molasses, midwakh, jurak and smokeless tobacco

  Selling tobacco in Qatar is lawful only from premises licensed under Article 10 of Law No. 10 of 2016, and the same law separately bans advertising and promoting tobacco products, with a narrow exception only for product display at the point of sale — which a public classified listing is not. So the advert is an offence in its own right even where the seller holds a valid retail licence: a licence permits the shop, not the advert. The listing is withdrawn from public view and referred to a moderator.

  Source: Qatar Law No. 10 of 2016 on the Control of Tobacco and its Derivatives

• Vaccines, antisera, plasma and blood-derived biologicals

  Vaccines, antisera, plasma, cultured cells and other blood-derived biologicals are restricted goods under Qatar's Customs Tariff, released only with approval from the MOPH Pharmacy and Drug Control Department (veterinary products: Ministry of Municipality, Animal Resources Department); a private classifieds listing cannot evidence that approval or an unbroken cold chain, so the ad is referred to a moderator for review.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs — «قائمة السلع المقيدة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية» (List of Goods Restricted under the Customs Tariff), customs.gov.qa/Arabic/Tariff/Pages/Restricted-Goods.aspx

• Veterinary medicines, animal vaccines, medicated feed and veterinary instruments

  Veterinary medicines, animal vaccines, feed additives containing vitamins or antibiotics and veterinary instruments are listed on Qatar Customs' Restricted Goods table and are released only through the Ministry of Municipality's Animal Resources Department (and, for many codes, MOPH Pharmacy and Drug Control), so a private resale listing — including falcon, pigeon, camel and horse medications — is withheld pending a licence check, not automatically rejected.

  Source: Qatar General Authority of Customs — «قائمة السلع المقيدة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية» (active 12-digit restricted-codes table, edition dated 14 يناير 2025), https://www.customs.gov.qa/Arabic/Tariff/Pages/Restricted-Goods

• Weight-loss, slimming and appetite-suppressant products

  Medicines and slimming products may only be traded in Qatar if they are registered with the Ministry of Public Health and sold through a licensed pharmacy; MOPH warned on 30 July 2026 that the unlicensed 'Eatless – Natural Slimming Formula' was adulterated with sibutramine and phenolphthalein, and warned again on 10 August 2026 against slimming medicines and injections marketed on social media. Your listing is held for a human review — please provide the product's MOPH registration and your pharmacy licence.

Allowed, but a family marketplace looks at them. Photos and wording may be reviewed.

• Bows, crossbows, spearguns and spearfishing gear

  Spearfishing gear is named in Qatari regulation — Minister of Municipality Decision No. 70 of 2024 bans compressed-air or chemically-powered diving rifles (بندقية الغوص) and limits the spear (النيزة/الحربة) by season and by time of day — while bows and crossbows are named by no Qatari instrument at all and target archery is lawful, so this listing goes to a human reviewer rather than being refused.

  Source: SPEARFISHING GEAR — sourced. Minister of Municipality Decision No. 70 of 2024 regulating the practice of certain marine fishing activities (قرار وزير البلدية رقم 70 لسنة 2024 بتنظيم ممارسة بعض أعمال الصيد البحري; Al Meezan LawID 9…

• Covert listing pattern — identity-less generic noun plus size/discretion signals

  This listing describes an item without naming what it actually is, with size or discretion wording instead of a product identity, so it has been sent to a human reviewer to confirm what is being sold. Please edit the ad to state the product plainly and it will be republished.

  Source: HEURISTIC, NOT A LEGAL GROUND. Derived from the live leelam incident («للبيع اداة صناعية» + «متوفر 3 احجام»); no naming body or instrument defines this pattern

• Israeli-origin goods

  Your listing is paused for a human to look at, not refused: offering goods on the basis of Israeli origin is a sensitive matter in Qatar and its legal position is unsettled, so a person decides this rather than an automatic rule.

  Source: CONTESTED

• Lingerie and intimate apparel — presentation review

  Selling lingerie is lawful in Qatar and this ad is not rejected. What needs changing is the presentation: photographs showing the garment worn on a person, or suggestive wording, are not suitable for a family marketplace. Repost with the item photographed alone — flat, folded, or on a hanger — and a plain description of size, colour and condition.

  Source: GOODS: unsourced — no Qatari prohibition on the sale of lingerie was found, and it is openly retailed in Doha (La Senza, Azadea Qatar)

• Animal welfare in live-animal sales (leelam.qa marketplace standard)

  Your listing is on hold under leelam.qa's own animal-welfare standard for live-animal sales; this is a marketplace rule, not a legal refusal, and a human reviewer will decide.

• Retreaded, regrooved, expired and imported/bulk-lot tyres

  Importing used and retreaded tyres into Qatar is prohibited under the General Authority of Customs list in the GCC Unified Customs Tariff (HS 4012.11–4012.20), and retreaded, regrooved or expired tyres are a road-safety risk, so listings that read as imported, retreaded, regrooved, expired or commercial-quantity tyres are held for human review. Selling the tyres already fitted to your own vehicle is not affected.

  Source: General Authority of Customs (الهيئة العامة للجمارك), 'قائمة السلع الممنوعة بموجب التعرفة الجمركية' — https://www.customs.gov.qa/Arabic/Tariff/Pages/Prohibited-Goods