Haram - what is this? Haram: definition, meaning and interpretation

Often when watching movies and serials that show the life of Arab countries, we come across unfamiliar words. However, in order to delve deeper into the plot, you have at least a little understanding of the subtleties of another culture. Today we will try to cover such an interesting topic as haraam - what is it, what is included in this concept, etc.

Origin and meaning of the word

According to the Shariah (religious and ethical norms in the life of Muslims), haraam is, as the Koran says, all that is forbidden. Not sinful, but forbidden. The difference between these words will help to understand the following example: The Al-Haram Mosque. This place is prohibited for the unbelievers, but for true Muslims it is not sinful.

A consonant word is in Hebrew, where it means "shame". And in Amharic, a similar term is translated as "damned".

Antonim Haram is all halal (permitted). Despite such an introduction, from which it may seem that much is forbidden for a Muslim, in Islam everything is just the opposite, except for the obviously wrong, you can do many things, eat, etc. But let's talk about this later.

Examples

A sacred book for all Muslims forbids certain actions categorically. That is, this is exactly what the word haram means.

• First, you can only honor Allah and not create gods other than him.
• The next moment. Parents should be treated respectfully and in no other way. In any situation.
• Third, wives must obey their husbands, for they care about them. Otherwise, you do not need to get married.
• Prohibition of treason. Under no pretext can you deceive your partner.
• Fifth, deception, perjury, falsehood, slander and other kinds of violations of vows and obligations are haram. Islam does not accept such behavior.
• Further forbidden are the following actions: usury, gambling, sacrifice, fortune telling, the use of everything that makes the mind dumb.

About what the word "haram" means in food, we'll talk a little later.

Murder

About this concept, there are several important points in the Sharia. The Quran allows only a few moments when such an action is justified.

The first is self-defense. It does not matter who the attacker is (Muslim or gyaur), the salvation of one's own life is not forbidden. It is believed that after death, everyone will appear before Allah, so the lied about the motives of the incident will be charged immediately with two sins.

The second is slaughtering animals for food. In this case, the name of Allah must be pronounced.

Third - the executioner's work for execution.

In all other cases, the murder is haraam. Islam also prohibits compelling "people of the Scripture" to change their faith. That is, Jews and Christians must themselves take the right religion, otherwise they will not be saved. And on the one who compelled them the mark of the sinner will lie.

Haram in food

According to the Quran and the Sunnah, only "zibh" is considered to be an animal, killed with the utterance of the name of Allah over him. The main condition of the ritual is that the nervous system must remain intact, and the jugular vein and the carotid artery must be cut with one movement of an acute knife. As a result, the maximum amount of blood should flow out.

The words to be spoken are "Allahu Akbar" and "Bismillahi". This does not apply to seafood.

As a haram in food, the following categories are defined.

First, all animals that died by any death, except as killed in hunting or slaughtered in the name of Allah.

Secondly, it can not be not a ruminant animal or one that does not have a split hoof.

Thus, the pork does not pass through the previous parameter completely.

If an animal was strangled, a predator was lifted up, or another beast pierced with horns, then its meat is forbidden.

Alcoholic beverages are only forbidden and under no pretext their use is not allowed.

There is only one exception to this rule. He can not be followed if a Muslim dies of hunger. Let's go further into the difference between the concepts of "halal" and "haram" in Islam.

Authorized food

According to the Scriptures, only a minimum of products is considered haraam. What does this mean for orthodox Muslims? Most fruits and vegetables are allowed to eat. These include dates, olives, grapes, pomegranates and others. You can also eat zibh (meat of an animal stabbed in the name of Allah) and some seafood. All this is called "halal".

In principle, most of the permitted types of food today are acceptable to most people on Earth. If you look at it impartially, then it's just dietary products. And in conditions of modern growth of people with excess weight, such things become higher than cultural and religious strife.

Therefore, many nutritionists of Western countries adopt experience and knowledge from their eastern counterparts to make their results more effective.

Halal and kosher. Is there a difference?

As we saw in the previous section, most Islam products are allowed. To kill an animal for cooking from its meat can anyone, most importantly - utter the name of Allah. Strongly prohibited alcohol. That is, we see that the rules are fairly simple and affordable for ordinary inhabitants.

In Judaism with this sphere of life everything is more strict. Firstly, they have a special person - a shoyhet, whose main duty is to slaughter animals according to all the rules. And the Jews have more restrictions in this regard. Secondly, as the Torah and the Talmud say, there are many rules concerning different kinds of living beings. Separately for birds, wild and domestic animals, fish, etc.

It is much easier in this respect haram. What does this mean for us? Nothing, just a little digression into the culture of the two peoples. The main difference between kashrut and similar rules in Islam is the permissibility of wine. Jews look at such things more leniently than the Arabs.

Kinds of haram

Any person who has become interested in oriental culture will sooner or later come across the term "haram". We explained the meaning and interpretation of the word above. Now we need to talk about his theological understanding.

Prohibited acts in Islam are divided into two directly opposite categories.

The first - zulmi - is unauthorized actions that inflict harm on an outsider.

The second - gaira zulmi - acts that harm the person personally.

The first include the following offenses: theft, robbery, injury and harm to any living creature, killing a person, if you do not defend yourself, any other murder without a purpose. This includes deception, stolen goods, usury, gambling, surveillance, slander, disrespect for parents and relatives, treason, entry without permission into someone else's home or invasion of privacy.

These and many other actions refer to zulmi haram.

What does this give you? With sufficiently severe punishments in the Shariah (for example, a hand is cut off for theft), most strictly adhere to such prescriptions.

The second category mainly refers to unbelief, the creation of idols, pride, envy, the exaltation of worldly goods over the spiritual and so on.