Haram: This is another Arabic term which means impermissible or unlawful in Islam.

• All domestic birds
• All cattle
• Sheep
• Goats 
• Camels
• All types of buck
• Rabbits
• Fish
• Locusts

• The slaughter man must be a Muslim  
• Prior to slaughter, the slaughter man must invoke the name of Allah upon the animal to be slaughtered by reciting “Bismillahi Allahu Akbar” or at the very least recite "Bismillah” 
• He must immediately slaughter the animal after the recital without any significant delay
• His knife must be extremely sharp in order that the slaughter may be conducted efficiently and easily and the animal suffers minimal agony
• He must sever the following arteries:
  a) Trachea (windpipe) b) esophagus (gullet) c) both jugular veins. If it is not possible for the slaughter man to cut all four arteries due to whatever reason then he must sever at least three in order to render the meat Halal.
• He must conduct the slaughter manually (i.e. by hand) and swiftly. The knife must not be lifted before the cut is complete and the cut must be below the Adam’s apple

• Meat of swine (pig) including all it’s by products. 
• Meat of an animal that was not blessed with the name of Allah at the time of slaughter. 
• Meat of dead animals (carrion) 
• Meat of animals that were strangled to death. 
• Meat of animals that were beaten to death
• Meat of animals that died due to falling from a height. 
• Meat of animals that were gored to death by a horn.
• Meat of animals that were devoured by wild beasts. 
• Carnivorous animals.  
• Birds of prey. 
• Reptiles. 
• Mules and Asses. 
• Pests’ e.g. rats and scorpions.
• Insects excluding locusts. 
• Procreative organs of animals. 

• All types of alcohol
• Blood
• Intoxicating drugs