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حَلَالٌ حلال (tropical:) Lawful, allowable, or free; contr. of حَرَامٌ; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ حِلَالٌ (K) and ↓ حِلٌّ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ حَلِيلٌ : (K:) a metaphorical signification, from حَلُّ العُقْدَةِ [“ the untying of the knot ”] : according to some, meaning what is not forbidden; and therefore including what is disapproved and what is not disapproved: accord. to others, that for which one is not punishable. (TA.) [Hence, مَالٌ حَلَالٍ (assumed tropical:) Wealth lawfully acquired. And اِبْنُ حَلَالٍ (assumed tropical:) A legitimate son: and an ingenuous, or honest, person.] And الحُلْوُ الحَلَالُ (tropical:) Language in which is nothing that induces doubt, or suspicion: (K, TA:) and the man in whom is nothing that induces doubt, or suspicion. (TA in art. حلو.) And لَكَ ↓ هُوَ حِلٌّ (tropical:) It is lawful, allowable, or free, to thee. (TA.) And بِلٌّ ↓ هُوَ حِلٌّ , meaning the same; (S;) or وّبِلٌّ ↓ حِلٌّ ; (K;) and هِيَ وَبِلٌّ ↓ لِشَارِبٍ حِلٌّ : (TA:) see art. بل. ― -b2- (tropical:) A man who has quitted his state of إِِحْرَام; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ مُحِلٌّ , (Msb,) and ↓ حِلٌّ , (S, Msb,) and مِنَ الإِِحْرَامِ ↓ حِلٌّ ; (S, TA;) or this last signifies one who has not become in that state: (TA:) by rule one should say حَالٌّ, which is not used in this sense. (K.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A woman free from any obstacle to marriage, as, for instance, by having accomplished the عِدَّة. (Msb.) ― -b4- See also 5.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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