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What is the ruling on placing a PlayStation in an recreational dawah camp with the aim of attracting youth, solely for playing football matches with Arab and foreign teams?

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The article mentioned a number of prohibitions in electronic games, including: insulting the Divine Self, glorifying the cross, teaching magic, hatred of Islam and Muslims, glorifying infidels, depicting nudity, gambling, inclusion of music, and instilling violence and corrupting the child's sense of reality. It indicated that if these games can be controlled and are free from prohibitions such as missing prayers, then there is no harm in playing them, with the necessity of parental supervision. It also mentioned prohibitions in electronic football games, such as attachment to football and infidel players, and admiration for their clubs, which weakens the doctrine of al-wala' wal-bara' (loyalty and disavowal). It advised that there are many alternatives free from prohibitions, such as permissible real games.

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