Haram that are haram result in harm, and are therefore considered a sin if carried out by a Muslim. By bringing up the word "benefit" as an opposite to "sin" the verse 2:219 of Quran clarifies that "haram" is that which is harmful. In fact, everything becomes meaningful with their opposite; e.g. if there is no cold we never understand what heat is. So sin is that which hurts us. When God says "Do not", He means "do not hurt yourself". An Islamic principle related to "haram" is that if something is prohibited, then anything that leads to it is also
Everything which is not forbidden is allowed Everything which is not forbidden is allowed "Everything which is not forbidden is allowed" is a constitutional principle of English law—an essential freedom of the ordinary citizen or subject. The converse principle—"everything which is not allowed is forbidden"—used to apply to public authorities, whose actions were limited to the powers explicitly granted to them by law. The restrictions on local authorities were lifted by the Localism Act 2011 which granted a "general power of competence" to local authorities. In "The Once and Future King", author T. H. White proposed the opposite as the rule of totalitarianism: "Everything which is not