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❌ A forbidden thing 🕌 A holy place 🚫 Not allowed
haram

haram

15 8.9
Something Islamic law forbids, for example eating pork
  • noun
  • /hɑːˈrɑːm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : acto prohibido (según la ley islámica)
  • Isn't this haram?

Examples

  • Many shops in the capital now have signs in the window stating they do not perform haram practices.

    Academic text (2007)

  • No, the translator said "haram" means "forbidden knowledge."

    The Mummy (2017)

  • Women, even princesses, were ignorant, sinful vessels for making babies, immune to education and prone to promiscuity—hence the Haram.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • In Islam, consuming pork is considered haram and strictly forbidden.

  • He was warned that engaging in usury is haram under Islamic law.

  • Many activities, like drinking alcohol, are classified as haram by religious scholars.

Synonyms

no-no
vsharam
  • Informal
184 6.3

A thing or action that people say is not allowed

is a formal religious ban rather than a casual social warning
taboo
vsharam
38 6.4

A social rule that says something is not allowed

is a formal religious law forbidding actions rather than a social custom
in prohibitum
vsharam
  • Formal
9.9

A thing forbidden by law or official rules

is forbidden specifically by Islamic religious law rather than secular law

Antonyms

halal
8 4.2

Allowed or prepared according to Islamic rules, often about food

How Forbidden

haram
  • Specialized
15 8.9
taboo
39 5.2
no-no
  • Informal
184 6.3

Surface Forms

haram singular
harams plural

Etymology

Haram as a noun names a thing or action that is 'forbidden' in Islam, from the same Arabic root ḥ-r-m. It is the opposite of halal ('allowed'), so calling food or behaviour haram means you should avoid it.