Al-Ḥarām, de acordo com o Istilāḥ Ash-Shar'ī (definição terminológica da Sharī'ah):

Al-Haraam in accordance to the Istilaah Ash-Shar’i (terminological Shar’iy definition):

É aquilo que o Shaari' (Legislador) exigiu, de forma categórica (Talab Jaazim), que não fosse praticado, e aquilo cujo praticante é censurado e punido. Al-Haraam é sinônimo da palavra Mahzhoor.

It is that which the Shaari’ (Legislator) has requested not to be performed by way of a decisive request (Talab Jaazim) and it is that which its doer is censured and punished for. Al-Haraam is synonymous with the word Mahzhoor.

Na visão dos Hanafiyah, a palavra "Haraam" não é usada a menos que a evidência (Daleel) para o Hukm seja Qat'iy (definitiva); e, se for Zhanniy (não definitiva), eles a chamam de "Makrooh Tahreeman".

In the view of the Hanafiyah the word Haraam is not used unless the Daleel for the Hukm was Qat’iy (definite) and if it was Zhanniy (indefinite) they called it ‘Makrooh Tahreeman’.