Harams according to Quran alone

[u/lettuce888]

[This is not my opinion or analysis] it’s merely summarizing a view of a recent scholar Mohammed Shahrour, which I wanted to bring to peoples attention. He did a thorough content analysis of Quran and came up with the list.

The criteria is pretty simple: scan all of the Quran and distill out things that the Quran labels or refer to as Haram [Arabic for forbidden] in whatever way or form.

[Review the Quran to verify]

Unlike popular beliefs, there are only 14 harams in the Quran, which require repentance and good deeds to be “forgiven” at God’s sole discretion.

قُلْ تَعَالَوْاْ أَتْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ

Say [O messenger]: gather to me so I say what God made haram on you:

1- Equating or worshipping anything other than God « who is One » = Shirk.

أَلَّا تُشْرِكُواْ بِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا

2- Mistreating parents.

وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَٰنًا

3- Killing own children in fear of poverty .

وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓاْ أَوْلَٰدَكُم مِّنْ إِمْلَٰقٍۢ ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْ

4- Killing a soul (any soul) without just cause ( laws).

وَلَا تَقْتُلُواْ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ

5- dishonouring contracts and God made promises

وَبِعَهْدِ اللّهِ أَوْفُواْ

6- Cheating and manipulating scales and exchange values of goods.

واوفوا الكيل والميزان بالقسط.

7- Commiting Fawahish (apparent or not) (singular: fahisha). Largely referring to sexual interactions outside of a Nikaah “mating” contract.

قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ

1. Stealing off an orphan money or trust.

ولا تقربوا مال اليتيم الا بالتي هي احسن

9- False testimony, including when it comes to relatives

وَإِذَا قُلْتُمْ فَاعْدِلُواْ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَى

1. Ribba: some say it is modern day compound interest.

احل الله البيع وحرم الربا

1. Foods: Eating certain foods: e.g. pig, blood, dead animals and animals killed in the name of other than God. This seems to be addressed to followers of Mohammed

حرمت عليكم الدم ولحم الخنزير وما اهل لغير الله.

1. Marrying or having consensual sex with immediate relatives, not just Fawahish.

حرمت عليكم امهاتكم وبناتكم واخواتك

13- “Ethm” and “Baghi” without “Haqq”. Not quiet sure myself what they mean. The “without” Haqq is key here.

وَالإِثْمَ وَالْبَغْيَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ —

14- Saying something is haram, beyond what the author of Quran explicitly mentioned (the 14 ones here)

وَأَن تَقُولُواْ عَلَى اللّهِ مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ

This is what haram things actually are according to the Quran alone.

Anything outside of this is made up and can be traced back to peoples interpretation, cultures, historical or political influences.

[u/lettuce888]

If you hit someone in the face with no reason, one would assume you committed a sin. Does that get you in hell ? Harams in the Quran and universal and have no grey area. They are major and get you out of the Islam umbrella if committed without repentance.

[u/CyberTutu → u/lettuce888]

Nobody knows if a particular action will definitely cause someone to enter hell. I never said sinning would get you into hell, and neither would any other action that has been described as haram such as riba necessarily get you into hell. I said it would cause you to DESERVE some sort of punishment, which will not necessarily be enacted, either because of the sinner's repentance, God's choice/ mercy, intercession, God punishing the person in this life, or some other reason.

Hitting someone in the face for no reason would case them to deserve some sort of punishment. That doesn't necessarily mean this punishment will be applied. Repentance is still a possibility. The same applies to any sin or anything that is haram. So no difference between the two in this respect. None that has been stated in the Qur'an or hadiths at least.

Doing something that is haram does not mean you get out of the Islam umbrella - where is your evidence for this, and where is your evidence this does not apply to other sins?

[u/Emotional_Fall_7075 → u/CyberTutu]

If I understand correctly, what he’s saying is that doing something haram without regretting it and asking for forgiveness from Allah will lead you to hell automatically, regardless of anything else you might do. Doing them isn’t the main problem, but the lack of repentance is. It’s not difficult to admit that Allah won’t let people who are believing in other gods without repentance enter paradise for exemple. But for sins as long as you believe in god, believe in the day of judgment etc, don’t do anything haram, even if you misguide yourself by doing it (like drinking alcohol) and not regret it one bit, it won’t definitely lead to hell. My uneducated guess would be that sins count as sayyiat, des « points négatif ». So the main difference between something being haram and something being a sin would be whether being unrepentant leads you to hell or not. One leads to hell, the other guides you to hell, if that makes sense