haram
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8.1
- adjective
- /hɑːˈrɑːm/
- Specialized
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prohibido (según la ley islámica)
- Islam forbids drug use; it is haram (not cool/kosher).
He says that fun is Haram and having less fun is more fun.
- He says that fun is Haram and having less fun is more fun.
- I mean, some do, but, but obviously more orthodox Muslims don't drink because it's Haram to them.
- Like anytime someone sees some sees them doing something Haram or just not up to their standards, the first thing they're asked is what family do you come from?
- There are pork pork pork has unique pork was like Haram.
Examples
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Everything not of Allah is haram.
Blog text (14) -
Yet Ali was convinced that this was haram.
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Before, Ali kept saying that it was haram, and he was also worried about me because of the children.
Academic text (2009) -
God had prevented him, he explained, from doing something potentially haram.
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Online is not encouraging you to have sex outside marriage because we are all Muslims and illegal sex is haram, by the way.
Blog text (2) -
Yet he insisted that he would rather die and "meet God" than be responsible for causing harm to his family members, or for putting his family in debt to buy a (tissue-compatible) kidney, which he saw as clearly haram.
Academic text (2009) -
Ali explained that he interpreted his reluctance to tissue typing to be God's answer to his prayer, and refused the idea of transplantation for the past five years, out of fear that it was haram.
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In Islam, eating pork is considered haram and is strictly forbidden.
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The use of interest in financial transactions is seen as haram by many Islamic scholars.
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Muslims believe that gambling is haram and should be avoided.
Synonyms
96
3.2
Not allowed by law, rules, or custom
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5.2
Not allowed by a social or cultural rule
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9.2
Not allowed by rules or by social custom
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7.7
Not allowed by rules, laws, or official standards
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3.7
Not allowed by law or by an authority
Antonyms
How Forbidden
Surface Forms
Etymology
Haram comes from an Arabic root ḥ-r-m that means 'forbidden' or 'sacred'. So to call something haram is to say it is not allowed by Islamic law.