QUESTION: I have a game where i get in-game coins for doing tasks. There is a mystery box which costs 100 coins, but i don’t know what i will get – i feel like this is the same concept as gambling. So is purchasing that mystery box allowed given that it is a game? (I know that it is haram in the real world)

Sports, Entertainment and Music
14 Jul

ANSWER: Even if this is a game and you got the coins for free and it is all inside the game, this is still not permissible 

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QUESTION: Sheikh, Activision (publisher of games) once faced backslash for portraying a Hadith in the bathroom above the toilet in a game and once putting a page of the Quran on the floor.They did apologize in both cases,removed both things very quickly after the storm and “promised internal action to prevent future occurrences” Would due to both incidents any game by them be haram to play?

Sports, Entertainment and Music
13 Jul

ANSWER: Of course! Someone slanders your mother twice and you still talk to them and visit them?? What kind of a person does this??

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QUESTION: I would like to ask about the ruling on the prank known as “ding dong ditching,” where one rings a neighbor’s or stranger’s doorbell and runs away before they answer. Is this considered haram, or does it fall under the prohibition of disturbing or annoying others?

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music
25 Jun

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited and annoying people!  Would you like someone to prank your parents or grandparents like this?

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QUESTION: Sheikh, there is a horror game about surviving in a haunted hotel with monsters that try to kill you. The problem is that it contains a cross that can be used to make those monsters disappear. Is it okay if I completely avoid using that cross? Also, whenever it is used, a moon-and-star symbol appears. I’m not sure whether they intended it to represent Islam.

Sports, Entertainment and Music
06 Jun

ANSWER: You must not play such a game that is filled with such symbols of kufr

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QUESTION: Netflix and other streaming services are often under spotlight for anti islamic content can we subscribe to that platform or watch its shows from another source would that be kufr or supporting islamphobia?

Sports, Entertainment and Music
04 Jun

ANSWER: This is not kufr until you believe in it but it’s not permissible to watch haram contents whether on Netflix or something else!

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QUESTION: Guests and cousins will come on Eid so should I wear abaya or can I wear long loose kurta below knees and loose salwar at home with hijab which is long

Mahram, Sports, Entertainment and Music, Women clothing
30 May

ANSWER: You must wear the full hijab (abaya & niqab if you wear the niqab outside) in front of them. You must not free mix, nor chitchat or socualize with your male cousins or any other non mahram men! The gathering should be segregated.

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QUESTION: Can i say dhikr or recite quran in a place where music is played?

Sports, Entertainment and Music, Supplications
23 May

ANSWER: If one is doing this to avoid listening to the music, this is permissible

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QUESTION: Sheikh I was working out in an only women gym so I wasn’t wearing my hijab, at some point a random grown man opened the door and was about to walk in because he confused the place for something else. As soon as I saw him I hid behind a wall to block his view but he had already seen me in a tshirt, leggings and no hijab.. am i sinful

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music, Women clothing
20 May

ANSWER: Yes, you are sinful for being like this in a place where there are CCTV cameras and men can walk in like this! 

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QUESTION: If a game has kufr or shirk for example worshipping kafir’s idol is this imitating kafir if i did it in the game and is it kufr or shirk if i play it for fun without believing in it and without imitating their believe?

Sports, Entertainment and Music
14 May

ANSWER: No real Muslim would ever do such a thing!  Who is he trying to fool? If there is a game where people rape his mother, would he be fine playing it if he doesn’t believe in it?

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QUESTION: In our training academy musical nights took place during mess night program. If I block my ear with headphones etc stuff would I be sinful to sit there?if i fear risk for my career

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music
11 Apr

ANSWER: It is not permissible to stay there while haram is taking place. You must leave and be proud of your Islam

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