The word · Law & life
مَكْروه
Makruh
Disliked but not forbidden: leaving it is rewarded, doing it brings no sin.
Also written · Makrooh · Mekruh · Makruuh · Makrouh · Makruh tahrimi · Makruh tanzihi · disliked · discouraged · reprehensible · offensive act
The meaning
What Makruh means in Islam
Wasting water in wudu, and eating raw garlic before going to the mosque, are standard examples. Hanafis split the category in two: makruh tahriman, close to forbidden and sinful to do, and makruh tanzihan, merely unbecoming. The other three schools work with a single category. So a Hanafi and a Shafi'i can use the same word and mean noticeably different things, which is worth checking before you take offence or comfort.
Evidence · Scholars differ · The scholars read this one differently
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- HaramForbidden. Leaving it is rewarded, and doing it deliberately is a sin.حَرام
- MubahNeutral: neither rewarded nor blamed, permitted and left entirely to your choice.مُباح
- MustahabbRecommended: rewarded if done, with no blame for leaving it.مُسْتَحَبّ
- HanafiThe school of Abu Hanifah, the most widely followed, known for careful reasoning and analogy.المَذْهَبُ الحَنَفِيّ
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