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Is playing the game "Tanki Online" permissible (halal) or forbidden (haram), especially concerning the rewards (crystals) that may be acquired, and the possibility of using them in what resembles usury (riba) within the game? And is the player held accountable for playing against someone who uses "aids" that may have been purchased with real money?

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For electronic games to be prohibited due to gambling (qimar) and मेयर (maysir), two conditions must be met: the payment of real money to enter into a competition with others that results in winning or losing this money. As for virtual electronic money, there is no harm in it, provided that it did not originate from real money, cannot be exchanged for real money, cannot be bought or sold, and it is confirmed that it cannot be converted into real money, and that it is not a cover for real gambling.

If the competition is purely with electronic money that has no reality except within the game, and the three aforementioned conditions are not met, then there is no harm in it. It falls under the rules of competition, not the categories of maysir. However, playing is prohibited if any of the mentioned conditions are violated, except that the first condition does not prohibit the game for someone who did not pay money.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

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