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What is the ruling on: - A company that produced a game, part of which offends Islam, and the other part supports and positively portrays Muslims? - A game that was said to contain offense, but it was unintentional; is it permissible to play it? - Playing a game that contains offense while ignoring this offense? - A game that contains a female character with her forearms and neck uncovered, without being provocative? - Watching men's freestyle wrestling while ignoring their 'awrah (parts that must be covered)?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Playing electronic games is permissible, provided they are free from prohibitions, such as containing elements that contradict faith, or distracting from the remembrance of Allah and prayer, or involving gambling, music, images of naked women, or leading to enmity and hatred. If they are free from these, then playing them is permissible. The permissibility of a game is not negated by the fact that the producing company issues other forbidden games. However, games that are offensive to Muslims are absolutely impermissible. Games with questionable content should be avoided. As for the appearance of a woman's neck and arms in games, if it does not arouse instincts and no harm is feared from it, then its prohibition is not apparent, although it is better to avoid it. It is not permissible to watch wrestling that contains Sharia violations, such as the uncovering of 'awrah (private parts), and the claim of lowering one's gaze does not justify watching.

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