What are Halal and Haram

Islam is a religion of peace and autonomy. The followers of Islam cannot do certain things that are strictly prohibited. The things that are prohibited in Islam by Allah are the things that are harmful to the interest of people as individuals or society. The human beings have the limited understanding of universal laws and what to do when they don’t understand life. That is why the Islamic logic is necessary for life to leave certain things and only do those things that are halal or not forbidden, all the other things are called haram, which is forbidden. Let us explain in details two issues, the illegal relationships with opposite sex and difference between halal and haram food.

Human Acts of Illegal Relations

The things or actions that are halal are mentioned in the Quran and Hadith. Haram is also mentioned in Quran for the guidance of people who can distinguish between wrong and right, the sin and the good deeds. In Islam, the acts that are haram are bribery, illegal sex, eating the meat of some animals, dirking alcohol and much more. The most common problem in societies is having a sexual relationship without marriage these days. This is considered as one of the biggest sins. The people who commit this sin will have a severe punishment on the day of judgment.

A woman you divorce three times is also not eligible for you to marry. The woman whom you can marry is called halala, and if they decide for any reason to get divorced then you can marry her again.

Another sinful act that is haram in Islam is killing the innocent people. If you kill an innocent person, it is highly considered as a sin. And the punishment for murder is the death penalty.

Halal or Haram Food:

There are some differences between halal food and Haram food. The Muslims need to follow the Islamic rules regarding what to eat, otherwise they will end up eating haram or forbidden things.  The halal food is First is vegetables, plants, fruits, meat and grains. You can eat the meat of sea fish, land creatures and birds etc.

Vegetables, Plants, and Grains

The eating of plants and vegetables is halal act and grains is an essential food for Muslims.

Sea Creatures:

In isIam, eating fish meat is halal but only a certain fish is confined halal, not all fish are eatable in Islam. For example, it is not allowed for the Muslims to survive on and eat the meat of sharks deliberately. Other sea creatures like lizards, alligators turtles, whales and other species living in the ocean are also haram.

Land Creatures:

In the difference between halal and haram. In the Islamic point of view, the  Allah has allowed Muslims to eat the meat of many animals living on the land and sand.  But many other animals are also strictly prohibited to eat them in parties and even occasionally. The animals that are halal are cows, goats, camels, sheep and deer are perfectly eatable in Islamic values. But some animals are haram and they are called Makruh for example, Horses, Donkeys and Dogs to name a few.

An animal with Canine teeth is also not halal in Islam, that is why dogs and elephants are haram in Islam for eating.Monkeys also fall into this category,  people who eat pig meat are also committing a deadly sin that is also haram in Islam.

Source: muslim-academy.com