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What is the ruling on playing games that rely on entering personal information to extract results, such as one's favorite color, lucky number, or the appearance of one's future spouse from celebrities? Do these games fall under shirk or knowledge of the unseen? Does their doer exit the fold of Islam by believing in them? And do they prevent the acceptance of prayer for forty days?

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Playing the aforementioned game, which extracts information about the player's future and past based on their inputs, is considered akin to consulting soothsayers and diviners. Its ruling is the same as that of horoscopes: it is impermissible. If one plays it without believing in its divination, it is as if they have consulted a diviner, in which case their prayers are not accepted for forty days. If one believes in its divination, then they have disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him). It is obligatory for anyone who has played it to repent to Allah.

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