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What is the ruling on playing online multiplayer games that involve polytheistic ideas, and does this lead to apostasy? And what is the ruling on naming a soldier in the game "Hercules," and does one apostatize by uttering this name for clarification?

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Whoever says or does what constitutes disbelief (kufr), being of sound mind, acting voluntarily, and intending what they say or do, becomes a disbeliever, even if they did not intend disbelief itself. This is what the scholars have agreed upon. The Lawgiver has made exceptions for those who do so under duress, by mistake, or out of forgetfulness, but has not excused the jester or the mocker. As for mentioning the name "Heraclius," it does not constitute disbelief. He was the king of the Byzantines who was a contemporary of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and whom the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, corresponded with.

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