You know what I think? Do whatever you want, in the end only Allah has the answer on whether it's wrong or not.

I know that what I'm playing is ok within my religion and I got that answer from someone far more knowledgeable then you about Islam. All I have at home doesn't offend in any way Allah or Islam and I'll never let anything like that enter my house.

I repeat and you take it as you want: Unless directly offending Islamic beliefs and/or Allah, any form of entertainment is fine. And all should be used in moderation and not keep you from praying or practising your religion. In other cases, yes it would be haram.

Also I fail at seeing how me playing games could possibly affect my faith. If it does to you then you must have some sort of problem and should probably play less..... but my faith towards Islam keeps growing every single day and video games don't affect it at all.

Video games are simply a form of entertainment and I don't see why Allah would question the fact that you're playing games. The same would go with music and movies. Well ok there are some exceptions for music in Islam but frankly video games do not obstruct Islam in any way unless (again) it targets Islam and insults it.

Point is..... do whatever you want, it's your life, belief what you want. But don't you go out and say as a fact that video games affects our faith and offends our religion. Please don't.

I'm sorry if this seems harsh to you but it's the truth and I'm very sensible on anything said against videogames seeing as I want to become a game developper. Remember: If you pray every day, maintain your faith and pretty much accomplish the 5 main pillars of Islam...... there should be absolutely no objection of you playing video games.

And hey lebanese_boy I think you have the wrong idea. I don't think many games are haram just a select few like Zelda and God of War because they openly promote anti-Islamic things but that's just my opinion. However games like Gears of War or Counter-Strike: Source or something like that I just personally don't think is wise to play too much of since it can have a large impact on the brain and can affect a persons personally negatively, not saying yours or mine personally just saying it can on some people.

Assalamualaikum brothers and sisters in Islam.

Oh crystalballs, crystalballs... (sorry, I have Crystalballs - Keane stuck in my head)

Right.

I can see where all this is going. Now yes, it's true, that video games CAN be detrimental to your health, physically, mentally and spiritually. Yes, it's true that some games promote false beliefs of God. Yes, it's true that not all the things that a sheikh says is true.

Now, come my opinions. I think some of you might have misunderstood what I meant, or I might not have expressed myself to the fullest in my last post.

OK, this is what Islam teaches: (PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG)

It depends on what you intend (refer to my last post for the full story). And YES, it's true that intentions can change overtime, from playing it as a hobby, to going hardcore looney over it. This of course is detrimental to your health, mentally and physically. There is an ayah in surah al-baqarah, number two hundred something mentioning that you should not intentionally throw yourself into danger. Hence, the solution is to have...

MODERATION.

Remember, part of being a Muslim is to be moderate, to not miss your five daily prayers, but also not to pray 24-7. To not be an extremist, but to also avoid doing negative things. Know what I mean?

If you play it just to blow off some steam or just for fun, then it's A-OK. As long as you do not overdo it, let it make you miss your prayers, or change your beliefs for the worst. Seriously. It depends on your intentions AND actions (sorry I didn't include this earlier). The best thing you could do would have to be to recite a dua' before you play to beg Allah for his protection from Syirk or something. That could work. But also remember not to keep on asking for Allah to protect you, but to also do other things to recieve His protection, like to educate yourself on what Islam really teaches, or like only play the game in MODERATION.

OK, another issue I see to have arisen is that some games when purchased will show support of polytheism. Honestly dude? C'mon! Like I said, it depends on your intentions and actions. Did you intend to buy it to "educate" yourself about "The gods of Olympus"? Do you "use" it as a guide to worship "the Titans? Do you make it your deen to go around carrying blades of chaos and killing people in the streets of Athens? And then you'll say "but it will start to lead us there". Then like I said, MODERATION! And Dua'! As long as you do not intend to promote it or support it or believe in it or to practice it or to have any relation to it whatsoever other than for entertainment, then you're fine.

Try and do what I do when I feel a game is messing with my mind and faith. Seperate it! Just remember that that thing is only a videogame and goes no further other than to provide entertainment. It only exists in the TV or Computer world, but not in the real world and that la-ilaha-ilAllah, there is no god, but Allah. That might help.

Well, I hope this entry has been able to clear some things up.

Wassalam.

Lets view games as a form of entertainment.

 If its off the charts, then it will definitely be haram.