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not our own response. Use biblical principles. If the game
you want to play is sinful and it promotes evil, leave it
alone. While I don’t believe playing video games is a sin,
I do believe that there are way better things that a
Christian should be doing in their spare time.
Things such as getting to know God better through
prayer and in His Word.
In Muslim cyberspace there is a question related to
video games: Are Video Games Haram? The answers
varies from a relativistic to a fundamentalistic way.
On Islamhelpline blog the admin sustain that ”the deen
of Islam does allow some level of amusement or
entertainment which are good and wholesome like
spending quality time with family and friends, or some
sport which benefits one physically, etc; but to waste a
commodity as precious and invaluable as time on useless
and worthless deeds which bring absolutely no benefit to
oneself or others is absolutely discouraged in Islam.
Thus even though useless and worthless games like chess,
backgammon, or games which involve dice are mentioned
by name as discouraged and prohibited; the truth is that all
such acts which bring oneself or others absolutely no benefit
1
except killing or wasting time are discouraged in Islam.”
2
On Quora blog a blogger argues: ”In my opinion, it is this
specific attitude towards life that is the biggest challenge
facing the Muslim world in moving ahead.
We are looking for someone to make every single
decision in our lives. What progress can be made, and
how can we move ahead when every step we take is like
walking in a landmine of halal and haram.”

1. http://www.islamhelpline.net/node/4067, September 19, 2017.
2. https://www.quora.com/Is-it-allowed-to-play-and-make-video-games-in-islam-
Does-Allah-reward-you-if-you-avoid-something-haram, September 19, 2017.