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Does one who commits acts of disbelief within electronic games, such as raising the dead or prostrating to idols, become an infidel, even if he knows they are false, or is disbelief confined to committing these acts outside the game?

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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 games that contain acts of disbelief (such as prostrating to idols) is not real disbelief; rather, it is a representation and simulation, and it does not necessitate contentment with disbelief. There is no necessary connection between playing these acts and being content with them, especially since some scholars believe that mere contentment with disbelief is not considered disbelief unless it is coupled with finding the act good, not finding it abhorrent.

Contentment with disbelief while finding it abhorrent is not considered disbelief; rather, it becomes disbelief when coupled with finding it good.

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