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Halaal Gaming: Female Players and Free Downloads

Answered as per Hanafi Fiqh by Muftionline.co.za

Q: Is it halaal for females to play (Tomb raider) game? And this kind of other video games? And is it halaal to download from sites which gives free download? Because it will not benefit original developers its not there official game selling site. So is it halaal to download from these free sites? 

Bismillaah

A: Abstain from this.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.