Haram Haram Haraam (; "" ) is an Arabic term meaning "forbidden". This it may refer to: either something sacred to which access is forbidden to the people who are not in a state of purity or who are not initiated into the sacred knowledge; or to an evil thus "sinful action that is forbidden to be done". The term also denotes something "set aside", thus being the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew concept "qadoš", and the concept of "sacer" (cf. sacred) in Roman law and religion. In Islamic jurisprudence, haram is used to refer to any act that is forbidden
Haram considered "haram". A similar principle is that the sin of "haram" is not limited to the person who engages in the prohibited activity, but the sin also extends to others who support the person in the activity, whether it be material or moral support. The five categories of الأحكام الخمسة (al-ahkam al-khamsah) or the hierarchy of acts from permitted to non-permitted are: The two types of haram are: The religious term "haram", based on the Quran, is applied to: Linguistically, the root of the term haram [compare Ancient Hebrew "herem", meaning 'devoted to God', 'forbidden for profane use'] is used