{"id":6834,"date":"2024-07-10T07:44:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/basis-of-halal-and-haram\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:49:17","slug":"basis-of-halal-and-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/basis-of-halal-and-haram\/","title":{"rendered":"Basis Of Halal And Haram"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>Has Islam fully differentiated between <em>halal<\/em> and <em>haram<\/em>. What is the nature of the concept of <em>halal<\/em> in Islam. How can I explain this concept to a non-Muslim?<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>I believe you want to confirm if Islam has clearly demarcated between <em>halal<\/em> and <em>haram.<\/em> How do we define the concept of <em>halal<\/em>? We believe that Islam has not defined all <em>halal<\/em> and <em>haram<\/em> acts. Islam relies on the guidance provided to mankind through <em>fitrah<\/em>  (human orientation). We know that every man approves kindness and  fairness and disapproves oppression and cheating. Similarly falsehood is  universally condemned and truthfulness is praised as worthy. There are a  multitude of such concepts which man knows without experience. <\/p>\n<div>Then  there are previous revelations. The Prophets of God have always taught  what God wants us to do. They forbade the evil and the unallowable. The  practices and examples of the Prophets therefore provide a great source  of knowledge in this regard.<\/div>\n<div>The  Islamic Shari&#8217;ah has mostly referred to the acts as allowable and  forbidden taking them for granted. It refers to the established  concepts. There are only a few things upon which humans could err and  where there was a difference of opinion. It is these debateable issues  where Islam has pronounced judgment. The question of eating pork,  consuming flesh of dead animals and devouring interest are examples. <\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-03-10<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6834\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has Islam fully differentiated between <em>halal<\/em> and <em>haram<\/em>. What is the nature of the concept of <em>halal<\/em> in Islam. 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