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احرامIV
, [Verbal.Noun إِحْرَامٌ,] He entered upon a thing [or state or time] that caused what was before allowable, or lawful, to him to be forbidden, or unlawful. And hence, He purposed entering upon the performance of the
حَجّ or the
عُمْرَة: or he (the performer of the
حَجّ or the
عُمْرَة) entered upon acts whereby what was allowable, or lawful, to him became forbidden, or unlawful; as venereal intercourse, and the anointing of oneself, and wearing sewed garments, and hunting and the like: you say, احرام بِالحَجِّ and بِالعُمْرَةِ, because what was allowable to the person became forbidden; as the killing of objects of the chase, and [venereal intercourse with] women. And He entered into the
حَرَم, i. e. Mekkeh or El-Medeeneh, or the sacred territory of cither of those cities: or he entered into a sacred, or an inviolable, state; or into a state of security or safety, being assured by a compact, or bond, that he should not be attacked [&c.]: or it signifies, or signifies also, he entered upon a sacred month; and so
حرّم , (K, TA, [in the CK حَرَمَ,]) Verbal.Noun تَحْرِيمٌ. And He entered [as a subject] into the covenanted state of security of the government of the Khaleefeh. 'Omar said, الصِّيَامُ إِحْرَامٌ [Fasting is a state of prohibition], because the faster is prohibited from doing that which would break his fast. And الرَّجُلُ يُحْرِمُ فِى
الغَضَبِ, a saying of El-Hasan, means The man swears in anger, because he becomes prohibited thereby (
2 احرام عَنْهُ
He refrained from it [as though he were prohibited from doing it].
def.2 احرمهُ: see 2, first sentence.
2 See also 1.
def.3 Also He overcame him in contending for stakes, or wagers, in a game of hazard; and so
حرّمهُ , Verbal.Noun تَحْرِيمٌ.
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