Haram import or export alcoholic beverages, or to work in or own a place that sells these intoxicants. Giving intoxicants as a gift is also considered haram. Other intoxicants, such as tobacco, paan, dokha, and khat have been deemed forbidden by a some scholars. Regarding foods vanilla extract and gelatin are also forbidden either due to being an intoxicant themselves, containing certain percentages of alcohol or other forbidden items such as pig parts. There are also a number of hadith regarding the prohibition of meat and intoxicants in Islam: In an incident narrated by Rafi ibn Khadij, Muhammad told Muslims who
Haram meanings and operates more closely as a dichotomy with "halal", which denotes the permissible. In Arabic-speaking countries, saying ""haram"" can mean 'what a shame' or 'what a pity' (this meaning has been adopted by Modern Hebrew slang as well, and is alike to the Italian use of "peccato"). The term can be used formally as a method for chastising strangers who behave inappropriately, or between friends as a form of teasing. The word is also used to instruct children in how to behave by telling them that harming other children or animals is "haram", among other things. The binary concepts