Looking at ‘awrah of character in a video game

01 Feb 2023 Ref-No#: 4319

Is it permissible to look at the ‘awrah of a character in a video game? The video game characters I’m referring to are characters that looks like cartoon versions of humans, and are not looking like real humans, and are not characters from pornographic video games (animated girls in bikini) The characters I’m talking about is where one can see the knee area of male characters. It is also possible to see the hair and knee of female characters, but that can easily be avoided if there is a problem in that.

Answer

Wa’alaykum as Salām wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuhu,

Video Games are permissible it they fulfill the following conditions:

  • Have some benefit (example: sharpening the mind etc)
  • Does not contradict any law of the Sharī’ah (example music, exposure of ‘Awrah etc)
  • Does not have harms (example: promoting violence)
  • Makes one oblivious of Allāh
  • Becomes a hindrance in fulfilling the injunctions of Sharī’ah.

Even if the ‘Awrah is in a cartoon form, then too, it will not be permissible to look at it.

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