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Playing shooting games

· 24 Shawwal 1443 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I have a question about shooting video games, as you know in our religion, it's haraam to burn living creatures or to hit on the face. So do we apply these Ahkam (rules) to characters of video games or not?

Answer

The game itself is incorrect. And when it is not right then the game must be destroyed completely. An additional thing is that these characters are not living things. So to compare these images to living things is totally incorrect.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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