What does Al-halal mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-halal (حلال) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-halal

Al-halal according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

Anything whose use entails no punishment.

Al-halal according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

What the Law permits to be done, derived from al-hall, which is the loosening (opening).

Al-halal according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

Anything whose use entails no punishment.

Halal: what Allah has made lawful and permitted to be done or consumed; it is the opposite of haram.
When to say it? When speaking of a permitted matter

Al-halal according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

That for which neither side prevails over the other.

Al-halal according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

In the Law: what the Book and the Sunna made lawful, that is, what Allah permitted; it was named thus for the loosening of the knot from it; its opposite is haram.

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