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Sports, Media and Entertainment The Majlis Vol 25 No 09, p.12

I played videogames since my teenage hood now I am 26.

Question

I played videogames since my teenage hood now I am 26. I have heard one audio lecture of one local Kazakh Hanafi Deobandi young Mufti. He says that all videogames are haraam, and a videogame which makes you do shirk in the game is kufr and can take you out of the fold of Islam. For example: When you play the game and in the game you should do something to serve Taghut god or goddess by completing some tasks like killing someone, stealing from someone, etc. He said that even if it is a game, it is kufr. Now I am in total fear. Does it mean that I am no longer a Muslim because I played video-games which include shirk, or building Mushrik Temples like Carthag i n i a n s, R om an s, Greeks, Scythians? What is the status of my Iman and nikah? I recommend you to write a post in Majlis about Video games like Skyrim, which has a large amount of shirk in the game, like fake gods, goddesses, many Dajjal symbols like one eye), Call of Duty and most of other games. It is plot of Shaitan, Dajjal's party of Illuminati who are preparing people to be ready for his arrival.

Answer

The video games mentioned by you are haraam as well as kufr. Even minus the kufr factor, video, whether of games or of anything else, is haraam. The kufr factor makes it worse. Your indulgence in the kufr games eliminated Imaan. Renew Imaan by making Taubah and reciting the Kalimah. Also renew your nikah. Such renewal may be done at home. You require only two witnesses to be present. A fresh Mahr should also be arranged.

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