Haram Therefore, all forms of deceit and dishonesty in business are prohibited in Islam. There are a number of Quranic verses that relate to the prohibition of unethical business practices: It is considered haram for a father to deprive his children of an inheritance. It is also haram for a father to deprive the females or the children of a wife who is not favorable to him an inheritance. Additionally, it is haram for one relative to deprive another relative of his inheritance through tricks. In Islam, both gold adornments and silk cloths are prohibited for men to wear, but are
Haram to form a wide range of other terms that have legal implications, such as "hariim" (a harem) and "ihraam" (a state of purity). In addition, the same word "(haram)" is used in the Quran to denote the sacred nature of the Ka'ba and the areas of Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem. This category of sacred, holy, and inviolable also includes spouses and university campuses. As such, the legal use of the root ح-ر-م is based on an idea of boundaries between the profane and the sacred, as opposed to prohibitions, as is normally assumed. Colloquially, the word "haram" takes on different