Prohibitions in Sikhism
Bajjar Kuryiets
These are absolutly forbidden for the Khalsa and doing so will make you removed from the order and need to pesh to be reinitiated.
- Kutta - Cutting hair.
- Halal - Eat meat prepared in the Muslim or Jewish way where the animal is tortured before being killed.
- Hookah - Using tobacco.
- Haram - Damdami Taksal's Gurmat Rehat Maryada translates this to adultery.[1]
Other restrictions
Generally Sikhs are forbidden to eat meat, drink alcohol, drink coffee and tea, go to restaurants, go to clubs, take dowry, lie, obtain wealth through dishonest means.
Some respected preachers, such as Surjit Singh,[2] also restrict Sikhs from going to Banquet Halls. Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji restricted Sikhs to not listen to any sexaully suggestive music so to dance to such music would also be wrong.
