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حَرَامٌ

Root: حرم

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حَرَامٌ Forbidden, prohibited, or unlawful: and sacred, or inviolable; as in the phrases البَيْتُ الحَرَامُ [the Sacred House of God ] and المَسْجِدُ الحَرَامُ [the Sacred Mosque of Mekkeh] and البَلَدُ الحَرَامُ [the Sacred Town or Territory]: contr. of حَلَالٌ; as also حَرَمٌ and حِرْمٌ and حَرِمٌ [q. v.] [and in its primary sense حَرِيمٌ ] and مَحْرَمٌ : the pl. [of حَرَامٌ, agreeably with analogy,] is حُرُمٌ; and مَحَارِمُ also is a pl. of حَرَامٌ, contr. to rule, and signifies things forbidden by God. See also حِرْمٌ.
2 حَرَامَ ٱللّٰهِ لَا أَفْعَلُ, or حَرَامُ اللّٰه لا افعل, is a saying like يَمِينَ ٱللّٰهِ لَا أَفْعَلُ, or يَمِينُ اللّٰه لا افعل: it may mean a declaration that the wife or the female slave shall be forbidden [to him who utters it], without the intention of divorcing [thereby the former, or of emancipating the latter; so that it may be rendered, according to the two different readings, I imprecate upon myself, or that which I imprecate upon myself is, what is forbidden of God, if I do it: I will not do such a thing: in like manner, عَلَىَّ الحَرَامُ is often said in the present day].
3 [اِبْنُ حَرَامٍ An illegitimate son: and a disingenuous, or dishonest, person.]
4 شَهْرٌ حَرَامٌ [A sacred month]: pl. حُرُمٌ. الأَشْهُرُ الحُرُمُ [The sacred months] were four; namely, ذُو القَعْدَةِ and ذُو الحِجَّةِ and المُحَرَّمُ and رَجَبٌ; three consecutive, and one separate: in these the Arabs held fight to be unlawful; except two tribes, Khath'am and Teiyi; unless with those who held these months as profane.
5 حَرَامٌ applied to a man signifies Entering into the حَرَم [or sacred territory of Mekkeh or of El-Medeeneh, or Mekkeh or El- Medeeneh itself]; and is applied also to a woman; and to a pl. number: or i. q. مُحْرِمٌ as meaning [in, or entering upon, the state of إِحْرَام: i. e. entering upon the performance of those acts of the حَجّ, or of the عُمْرَة, whereby certain things before allowable, or lawful, to him became forbidden, or unlawful; or] purposing to enter upon the performance of the حَجّ or the عُمْرَة: as also حِرْمٌ : you say, أَنْتَ حِلٌّ and انت حِرْمٌ [Thou art one who has quitted his state of إِحْرَام and thou art in, or entering upon, the state of احرام]: the pl. of حَرَامٌ thus applied is حُرُمٌ: the fem. of مُحْرِمٌ is with ة; and the pl. masc. مُحْرِمُونَ; and the pl. fem. مُحْرِمَاتٌ.
6 See another meaning voce حِرْمٌ.


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