Undesirability of Calling Grapes 'Al-Karm'

Another narration is: "Verily, Al-Karm is the heart of a true believer." Another narration is: "People have named grapes as Al-Karm; verily, only the heart of a believer is Al-Karm." Commentary: We learn from this Hadith that all the derivatives from the word Al-Karm can be used legitimately for Muslims only because Muslim is Karim. It is, therefore, wrong to call grapes as Karm.

Al-Habalah or Habilah means grapevine. It is undesirable (Makruh) to refer to the grapes as Al-Karm, which also means grapes in Arabic, for it is the true Muslim who deserves to be called with a name which is derived from the word Al-Karm.