What is the ruling on keeping a toy that contains shirk, without playing with it, and does its owner bear sin for that?
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Part of sincere repentance is to dispose of the, game if it cannot be utilized in a permissible way, so that it does not become a reason to return to playing with it. Scholars have stipulated that what is impermissible to use is impermissible to possess, because possession leads to usage. Just as it is forbidden to use a vessel made of gold and silver, it is forbidden to possess it, and likewise for the tambourine and intoxicants.
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