المنهيّ عنه هو ما دلّ الدليلُ الشرعيّ على أنّه خطابُ الشارع بطلبٍ جازمٍ للكفّ عن فعلٍ. ومَن فعله يكون مستحقًّا للذمّ شرعًا، وهو مرادفٌ للمحظور.

The prohibition is that which textual evidence indicates upon as being the address of the legislator with a decisive request to abstain from an action. The one who performs it is legally blameworthy, and it is synonymous with al-mahdhūr.