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مُحْرِمٌ

Root: حرم

Full Definition

مُحْرِمٌ : see حَرَامٌ, in two places: Contr. of مُحِلٌّ: and as such signifying [also] one with whom it is unlawful to fight: or, as such, whom it is unlawful to slay: (TA in art. حل:) and, as such also, one who has a claim, or covenanted right, to protection, or safeguard. (S in art. حل.) Er-Rá'ee says, قَتَلُوا ٱبْنِ عَفَّانَ الخَلِيفَةَ مُحْرِمًا meaning [They slew Ibn-' Affán, the Khaleefeh,] while entitled to the respect due to the office of Imám and to the [sacred] city and to the [sacred] month: for he was slain [in ElMedeeneh and] in [the month of] Dhu-l-Hijjeh. And one says, إِنَّهُ لَمُحْرِمُ عَنْكَ Verily he is one whom it is unlawful for thee to harm: or for whom it is unlawful to harm thee: or whom it is unlawful for thee to harm and for whom it is unlawful to harm thee. And مُسْلِمٌ مُحْرِمٌ A Muslim is secure, as to himself and his property, by the respect that is due to El-Islám: or a Muslim refrains from the property of a Muslim, and his honour, or reputation, and his blood.
2 One who is at peace with another.
3 One who is in the حَرِيم of another. You say, هُوَ مُحْرِمٌ بِنَا He is in our حَرِيم.
4 Fasting, or a faster: because the faster is prohibited from doing that which would break his fast.
5 And, for a like reason, Swear ing, or a swearer.
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