Some of the forbidden (Haraam) Conducts in Islam
List of Conducts Prohibited In Islam
Beliefs
Shari'ah & Religion
Obligations
Jihad
Qur'an
Mosques
The Believer
Others' Rights
Male/Female Interaction
Marriage
Marital
Children
Personal Conducts
Food & Drink
Social
Sin
Oppression
Gambling
Music etc
Truth
Falsehood
Miscellaneous
Allah, the most High says in the holy Qur'an:
"Say (O Muhammad) "Come! I will recite to you what your Lord has forbidden to you."- The Qur'an: The Cattle (6): 151.
Just as it is compulsory for a Muslim to learn his or her (religious) obligations and act upon them, it is also compulsory for the Muslim to learn the forbidden matters and avoid them. Therefore we have listed here some of the prohibited matters that one may often come across in every day activities:
Beliefs
- Not to believe in Allah.
- To consider individuals or things as partners of Allah.
- To believe that Allah has children.
- Praying, prostrating or kneeling for something other than Allah.
- To consider oneself above the worship of Allah.
- To become unconcerned about the wrath of Allah.
- To abandon the practice of remembrance of Allah.
- To protest against Allah on fate and destination.
- Disputing with Allah, the prophets, and the Imams, peace be up on them.
- To cause difficulties for the Prophet, peace be up on him.
- Swearing to disassociate oneself from Allah, the prophets, the Imams and Islam.
- Lying against Allah, the Prophet, or Imams.
- To deny one of the principles of religion
- To deny any aspect of the holy Qur'an or the laws of Shari'ah.
- Blasphemy, especially, in the house of Allah.
- To become hopeless of the mercy of Allah.
- To deny the hereafter
- To deny miracles.
Shari'ah & Religion
- Not to comply with the laws of the Shari'ah.
- Not learning the basic principles of beliefs and the details of the rules of the religion.
- Not teaching the principles and rules of religion to those who are ignorant of them, when they are seen acting or practicing something, which is wrong.
- Innovating in (the laws and practices of) religion.
- Declaring the lawful as unlawful.
- Declaring the unlawful as lawful.
- Giving judgement not in accordance with Allah's orders.
- Denying what is due to Allah (e.g. Khums, Zakat).
- To rebel against the Imam, (the leader who is appointed by divine instructions).
- Refusing to pay religious taxes such as Khums, Zakat, or other obligatory dues.
- Delaying one's dues.
- Not exercising Taqiyah when in danger. [A Muslim must exercise all means within his disposal to protect his life when threatened. Taqiyah is not to disclose one's belief under certain severe circumstances in order to protect his life.]
- Migrating to places where one's religion would be endangered.
- Friendship with the enemies of religion in the absence of an urgent necessity.
- Swearing in general, especially towards Allah, the prophets, the Imams, Islam, Qur'an, and other sacred things.
- To mislead people away from the path of Allah.
Obligations
- Not practicing the principle of “Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil”.
- To break an obligatory fast such as that due to a vow or fast during Ramadan, without good reason.
- Not fasting for that missed during the month of Ramadhan before the commencement of the next month of Ramadhan.
- To delay a prayer until its time is over.
- To discontinue an (ongoing) obligatory prayer.
- To abandon obligatory prayers.
- To abandon any other obligation.
- To delay performing Hajj from the year it becomes obligatory.
- Rejecting the orders of the scholars in their Shari'ah verdicts.
- Accepting payment for religious obligations that have to be carried out.
Jihad
- Not taking part in Jihad.
- Fleeing from battlefield.
- Selling arms to the disbelievers who wage war against the Muslims.
Qur'an
- Touching the holy Qur'an without formal purification, Wudhu.
- Selling the holy Qur'an.
Mosques
- Making the mosque unclean.
- Working to destroy the mosques.
- Preventing people from going to mosques.
- Going to or staying in the mosques while in a state of Junub. [1]
- The above individuals passing through the two grand mosques in Makkah and Medina.
- To disgrace the holy Ka'bah or other holy places.
The Believer
- Animosity towards believers.
- To defame a believer.
- To disgrace a believer.
- To hurt or abuse a believer.
- To threat or terrorise a believer.
- To make fun of the believers.
- To ridicule or demean the Muslims.
- To defame a believer in poetry etc.
- Abandoning the believers.
- To hurt the neighbours.
Others' Rights
- To publicises someone's secrets without his consent.
- Hoarding goods needed by the public.
- To falsely suspect others and act up on it.
- To falsely accuse people.
- Not to answer the Salaam greeting.
- Looking for others' shortcomings.
- Wounding or amputating limbs of someone's body.
- Beating someone for no reason.
- Detaining someone for no reason.
- Unlawful killing.
- Denying the rights of people that are due to them.
- Usurping the wealth or property of an orphan.
- Seizing and confiscating others' property, possession, or wealth.
- Reporting about individuals to oppressors.
- Confining a woman or young people for indecent acts.
- Closing the road of the Muslims.
Male/Female Interaction
- Muslim woman not wearing Hijaab in public.
- For Muslim women to wear anything, in terms of cosmetics, perfume, clothing, etc. which would attract the attention of ‘Non-Mahram' men. [‘Non-Mahram' man is any man whom a woman must wear Hijaab from, and this ranges from friends to cousins and brothers- and sisters-in-law, etc.]
- ‘Non-Mahram' man and woman kissing one another.
- Kissing a person with lust, except for spouses.
- Touching the body of strangers, male or female respectively.
- Touching others with lust, except one's spouse.
- Women shaking hands with ‘Non-Mahram' men (and vice versa).
- Looking at a non-Mahram woman (or man respectively).
- Looking at boys (or girls) or Mahram relatives with lust.
- Going to mixed swimming pools.
- Going to schools that would lead one to corruption.
- Looking at the private parts of others, (except for the spouses).
- To uncover one's private parts in the presence of others.
- Adultery.
- Sodomy.
- Lesbianism.
- Paedophilia
- Accusing someone of adultery or homosexuality.
Marriage
- Proposing marriage to a married woman or to a woman during the Eddah period (of four months after divorce or after becoming a widow).
- False marriage (e.g. forcing either of the two parties to marry, or the marriage of a Muslim and a Kafir (excluding People of the Book, i.e. Jews and Christian.))
- To marry one's Mahram relatives, or relatives by marriage, or by breast-feeding.
{Mahram relatives, in the case of the male, are those such as his mother, sisters, nieces, and aunts. [In the case of the female, the Mahram relatives are her father, brothers, nephews, and uncles.] Marriage is not allowed between Mahram relatives and therefore a woman does not wear Hijaab from her Mahram relatives. Non-Mahram relatives are those such as cousins, brothers- or sisters-in-law, etc. and a woman must wear Hijaab from her non-Mahram relatives. Marriage is allowed between cousins. – Editor's note.}
Marital
- Not having sex with one's wife for more than four months.
- Masturbation – it is allowed if with spouse.
- For a woman to go out of the house without the knowledge or permission of her husband.
- For spouses to publicise each other's secrets.
Children
- Not disciplining one's children such that it would lead them astray.
- Beating one's children in excess of discipline.
- For children to disobey their parents.
- To disobey one's parents.
- Relating a child to someone other than his natural father.
Personal Conducts
- Lying.
- Fraud.
- Cheating.
- Cheating in weighing and measuring.
- Deception.
- Treachery.
- Hypocrisy.
- Forging a will.
- Stealing and robbery.
- Going against one's vow.
- Breaking one's covenant.
- Backbiting or listening to it.
- Slander and defamation or listening to it.
- To be jealous and to act up on it.
- To be haughty.
- To be extravagant.
- To wear gold or silk (applicable to men only).
- To use gold and silver utensils even for decorating reasons.
- Not keeping oneself clean from urine and other unclean substances.
- Endangering one's own life.
Food & Drink
- Drinking intoxicating liquors.
- Eating animal flesh not slaughtered according to Islamic law, also consuming forbidden animals' flesh such as pork, etc. [Except in circumstances when one's life is dependent upon consuming such meat.]
- Eating forbidden parts of the animals such as testicles.
- Eating and drinking of the unclean or that which has become unclean.
- Eating mud or other prohibited things.
Social
- Looking into the houses of neighbours without permission.
- Sitting at a table where wine is served.
- Prevention of good deeds and charitable works.
- Sitting with people who make innovations in religion.
- Reaching power by unlawful means (in accordance to Islamic law).
- Extracting confessions through torture.
- Playing chess.
- To work as a pimp.
- Spreading corruption on earth.
- To create commotion by setting individuals against one another.
- To praise one in his presence and abuse him in his absence.
- Exhumation of graves.
- Sitting with those who indulge in meaningless talks about the signs of Allah.
- Frolic and frivolity - to engage in useless activities, which are wasteful and distract from the remembrance and the path of Allah.
- To practice astrology or seek the help of astrologers.
- To subdue ghosts, Jinns and angles, etc. or seek the help of those who practice them.
- Practicing black magic, witchcraft, or seek the help of those who practice them.
- Hypnotism (except for necessary medical requirements)
Sin
- To consent in sin.
- To publicise one's sins.
- To publicise indecency.
- To help others commit sin.
- To persist in committing minor sins.
- To order or encourage others to commit evil or sin.
- Considering ones sins not seriously as such that would lead to disregarding repentance.
- Promoting indecent acts.
Oppression
- Oppression and transgression.
- Helping an oppressor and condoning his actions.
- To become employees of the oppressors.
- Asking for judgment from an oppressor unnecessarily.
Gambling
- Betting or any form of gambling.
- Manufacturing tools of gambling instruments.
- Betting in ways other then those mentioned in the section of Islamic laws about archery and horse racing.
- Taking part in conventional horseracing, unless they meet all conditions approved by Shari'ah.
Music etc.
- Dancing.
- Singing and listening to it.
- Visiting nightclubs, discos, etc.
- Manufacturing, buying, selling, or using musical instruments.
Truth
- To accept or give bribe to hide a truth or make something false prevail.
- Presenting false testimony.
- Destruction of the truth.
- Swearing a false oath.
- Hiding a testimony.
- Hiding the truth.
Falsehood
- Accepting false religions, like Sufism, Baha'i, Babi, etc.
- To become a member of parties of falsehood like communism etc.
- Keeping, buying, selling, teaching and publicizing false and misleading literature.
- The learning of corrupting subjects, or teaching them to other than those who want to refute them.
Miscellaneous
- Making statues, as well as buying, selling, and promoting them.
- Buying and selling of fighting dogs and swine.
- Taking and giving usury and brokerage about it.
- Shaving one's or others' beards.
- To be self-praising about one's own worships.
- A fury that leads to Haram.
- To break one's bond with relatives.
- Earning by unlawful things and means.
- To write erotic poetry about a chaste woman or a boy, etc.
- The use of intoxicants, whether drinking, selling, buying, farming, making, using its money, taking it from others, renting property for it, or using it in other ways like for dressing injuries unnecessarily.
Some of the conducts above may be related to others in the list, but they have been included for the seriousness of the conduct, as this has been indicated by various Qur'anic verses or Prophetic Hadiths or traditions.
It should be noted that some of the conducts mentioned above constitute Kufr (apostasy), some are Shirk (association), some are Major sins, and some are subject to Kaffarah (payment of fine or compensation), or subject to Hadd (punishment predefined in the Qur'an or the Hadith) or Ta'zir (punishment as prescribed by the judge). These are detailed in relevant jurisprudence texts.
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