Halal & Haram: Quran & Hadith

Halal & Haram in Islam, from the Quran and authentic hadith. Read what Allah has made lawful (halal) and what He has forbidden (haram), each topic shown with the verses and sahih hadith that state it, in 13 languages.

This is a reading and reference app, not a food scanner and not a fatwa service. It presents what the Quran and hadith themselves say, with the full Arabic text, a translation and the exact reference, so you can read the source yourself.

• HALAL AND HARAM IN THE QURAN
37 topics with 70 verses of the Quran (surah and ayah), 26 forbidden, 10 permitted and one that is both, in six sections:
• Principles: what Allah has forbidden, do not forbid the good things Allah made lawful, do not call things halal or haram by your own lies
• Food & Drink: carrion, blood and pork; wine, intoxicants and gambling; meat on which Allah's name was not mentioned; eating the good and lawful things; seafood; the food of the People of the Book; game caught by trained animals; when forced by necessity; extravagance and waste
• Wealth & Trade: trade is lawful and riba (interest) is forbidden; taking wealth unjustly and bribery; orphans' wealth; cheating in weights and measures; theft; seeking provision after the prayer
• Family & Marriage: women one may not marry; zina; marriage and the bridal gift (mahr); harshness to parents; accusing chaste women
• Speech & Character: mockery, suspicion, spying and backbiting; lying; arrogance
• Life & Faith: shirk, killing a soul unjustly, magic

• HALAL AND HARAM IN HADITH
42 hadith: 20 from Sahih al-Bukhari, 17 from Sahih Muslim, and 5 from Sunan Abi Dawud, Jami' at-Tirmidhi and Sunan an-Nasa'i graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani. No weak narrations.
• "The halal is clear and the haram is clear"; leave what makes you doubt
• Every intoxicant is haram; animals with fangs and birds with talons; the sea and its dead are lawful; slaughter with Allah's name
• Riba and "gold for gold, like for like"; bribery; "whoever cheats is not of us"; hoarding; sales with uncertainty (gharar)
• The seven destructive sins and the greatest major sins; oppression; backbiting; lying; pride
• Silk and gold for men; marriage and breastfeeding; eating with the right hand
• Each hadith with its book, number, grade, the full Arabic text and a translation

• FEATURES
• Arabic Quran text in the Uthmani script (Tanzil)
• Search in your language or in Arabic
• Copy and share any verse or hadith
• Adjustable Arabic text size, show or hide Arabic
• Light and dark mode
• All content works offline, no sign-in needed

• WHO IT IS FOR
Muslims who want to know what Islam says is halal or haram straight from the Quran and Sunnah, new Muslims, parents and teachers, and students of Islamic studies.

• LANGUAGES
Available in 13 languages: English, العربية, বাংলা, اردو, हिन्दी, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Türkçe, فارسی, Français, Español, Deutsch, Русский

• SOURCES
Quran: Arabic text from Tanzil (Uthmani). Meanings from published Quran translations (Saheeh International, Muhiuddin Khan, Fateh Muhammad Jalandhry, Diyanet and others) via Tanzil and AlQuran Cloud; in Arabic, the explanation of at-Tafsir al-Muyassar. Hadith: Arabic and translations from published editions (hadith-api dataset); where no published translation exists in a language, the English translation was translated and this is marked in the app.

This app shows what the Quran and hadith state on halal and haram. For a ruling on your own situation, ask a qualified scholar.

Recent changes:
Completely rebuilt: what the Quran and authentic hadith make halal or haram. 37 rulings with their verses and 42 hadith from Bukhari, Muslim and graded Sunan, each with reference and grade, in 13 languages, with search, share and dark mode.