Playing games that contain blasphemy
Q: While playing video games, if the character we are playing utters or does something blasphemous, do we lose our imaan.
1. Does blasphemous talk involve Christians cursing too?
2. What is the definition of blasphemy?
3. What if while playing a game, I accidentally chose a character whose dialogue is known to have blasphemy in it. But, during the entire duration of the play, that character did not say any such thing. However, since I know that the character says such things in other instances of the game (even though those instances did not come when I was playing), I am now worried about my imaan.
Would my imaan be in danger because of this and will I have to redo my nikah?
A: When you know that these games can contain some blasphemy then it is not even permissible to engage in these games. Make taubah and abandon such games and promise Allah Ta`ala that you will not play such games in the future.
1. Anything that will upset or disturb your beliefs, totally abstain from it. A curse is not subject to being a Christian or a non-Muslim. It is about whether the person deserves the curse or not. If the Christian curses you for no valid reason or based on his beliefs of Christianity then this curse is rejected and falls back on the person who cursed.
2. Any such word or behaviour that will amount to rejecting or ridiculing any person of deen or any teaching of deen.
3. As above. Make sincere taubah and abandon such games.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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