Is selling virtual items in an electronic game for real money permissible (halal)?
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The fundamental principle concerning games is their permissibility, unless they are forbidden by Islamic law, or are associated with something unlawful, or lead to the neglect of an obligation. If a game is a competition for money between two parties, it is gambling. However, if it is not a competition, and money is taken as a form of exchange, then that is consuming wealth unjustly. But if the money is given as a gift or a present, then there is no objection.
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