A fee of 50 cents is levied before the game comes into operation.
Video entertainment games have many unIslamic factors in them. Apart from
the games having music and pictures which are prohibited, the nature of the
games offered, for example, karate, shooting, killing, racing etc. have a
potential of raising ones emotions and imbalance in a person, thus having
far reaching negative consequences in many aspects of ones life.
Consider the following from the Encyclopedia, 1993-1997 – Microsoft Corp.
“Critics of video games contend that children spend too much time and money
on the games and that immersion in the fantasy of video games can have
adverse effects on personality maturation. There have also been reports that
the flashing graphics can trigger seizures in people who have certain types
of epilepsy.”
In view of the unIslamic factors in video games, it is not permissible to
play with them.
It is also not permissible to open an entertainment centre with video games.
The income generated from entertainment video machines will not be
permissible.
and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.