A Halal Introduction From an Islamic perspective, all human endeavors fall under one of 5 jurisprudential rulings, namely, obligatory (wajib/fard), recommended (mustahab/mandub), permissible (halal/mubah), disliked (makruh) or forbidden (haram). Of these 5, ‘haram’ has become a household word used by all – Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Its antonym is ‘halal’, meaning permissible (according to the […]