Why Playing GTA-5 is Not Haram For a Muslim With Proof
C.J Ahmed-06.05.2023
Grand Theft Auto V is an action adventure game and is popular ue to its thrilling action in ti. The main argument among Muslims on playing games such as GTA-5 is that it contains violence and nudity. First of all it needs to be understood that it is only a game and the argument that playing these videos games will lead to violence is far fetched and lacks any credible scientific evidence to back it except anecdotes. Playing GTA-5 is not haram for a Muslim.
I would like to ask who gave them the authority to make something haram with out presenting any proofs? Even during the time of the prophet (sal) wars and battles did happen between the Muslims and Kafirs and if violence was prohibited, the prophet (sal) would have forbidden violence. Islam is not a pacifist religion unlike other religions but a pragmatic reigion. Any of the activities that are done in GTA-5 are just games and not real. The argument that it contains nudity is also wrong becaue In Islam pornography, whether it is real or animated is not haram.
Watching anime or cartoon nudity is not haram in Islam because Islam is silent on this issue. The topic of watching porn could be regarded as one of the most controversial topics among Muslims. It is such a taboo that even talking openly about it is considered as a taboo.
because there is no clear evidence from the Quran or authentic hadith to prove that it's haram. Islam is silent on this topic. Silence is a mercy from Allah (swt). The prophet (sal) said:
" The Prophet (sal) said, “Verily Allah has obligated the obligations – so do not neglect them. And He has limited the limits – so do not transgress them. And His silence about things is from His mercy, not forgetfulness, so do not investigate them.”
(Hasan sahih-Ad-Darqutni No. 4/199 and Al-Baihaqi No. 10/122).
For something to be clearly forbidden there needs to be clear textual evidence. When it comes to Watching animated porn, there is no clear evidence to prove that it's haram. Some muslims are drawing implications without giving clear evidence because there is no evidence in the first place. The argument or in other words the analogy they try to derive is that there is no difference between watching real people directly and animated nudity. This argument is clearly wrong because before the time of our messenger (sal) there were erotic drawings in Greece, Mesopotamia etc. Even so, the prophet (sal) was silent on this issue so were the sahaba. The difference between real life porn and animated porn is like the example of eating real meat of a pig and eating a chocolate or sweet shaped pig which is not real pork. Eating the latter is definitely allowed because it does not contain real pork although it is shaped in the shape of a pig. Among the many false arguments that have brought to prove that watching animated porn is haram is based on the below mentioned hadith.
Abdullah Ibn Masood(rali) narrated that the prophet (sal) said:
“No woman should look at another woman then describe her to her husband so that it is as if he is looking at her".
(Sahih Al Bukhari)
In the above hadith the prophet (sal) forbade looking at the women when describing her to her husband because the husband could look at the women lustfully and this has nothing to do with a drawing or anything similar. The other argument is based on the word Fahisha (Lewdness,Obscenity etc). They argue that animated porn is also a form of Fahisha. I would like to ask them in which verse in the Quran or sahih hadith does it say that looking at nude pictures is Fahisha. Fahisha is what Allah (swt) and his messenger (sal) has mentioned as Fahisha and not someone's opinion or assumption.
Playing GTA-5 is not haram for a Muslim.
Grand Theft Auto V is an action adventure game and is popular ue to its thrilling action in ti. The main argument among Muslims on playing games such as GTA-5 is that it contains violence and nudity. First of all it needs to be understood that it is only a game and the argument that playing these videos games will lead to violence is far fetched and lacks any credible scientific evidence to back it except anecdotes. Playing GTA-5 is not haram for a Muslim.
I would like to ask who gave them the authority to make something haram with out presenting any proofs? Even during the time of the prophet (sal) wars and battles did happen between the Muslims and Kafirs and if violence was prohibited, the prophet (sal) would have forbidden violence. Islam is not a pacifist religion unlike other religions but a pragmatic reigion. Any of the activities that are done in GTA-5 are just games and not real. The argument that it contains nudity is also wrong becaue In Islam pornography, whether it is real or animated is not haram.
Watching anime or cartoon nudity is not haram in Islam because Islam is silent on this issue. The topic of watching porn could be regarded as one of the most controversial topics among Muslims. It is such a taboo that even talking openly about it is considered as a taboo.
because there is no clear evidence from the Quran or authentic hadith to prove that it's haram. Islam is silent on this topic. Silence is a mercy from Allah (swt). The prophet (sal) said:
" The Prophet (sal) said, “Verily Allah has obligated the obligations – so do not neglect them. And He has limited the limits – so do not transgress them. And His silence about things is from His mercy, not forgetfulness, so do not investigate them.”
(Hasan sahih-Ad-Darqutni No. 4/199 and Al-Baihaqi No. 10/122).
For something to be clearly forbidden there needs to be clear textual evidence. When it comes to Watching animated porn, there is no clear evidence to prove that it's haram. Some muslims are drawing implications without giving clear evidence because there is no evidence in the first place. The argument or in other words the analogy they try to derive is that there is no difference between watching real people directly and animated nudity. This argument is clearly wrong because before the time of our messenger (sal) there were erotic drawings in Greece, Mesopotamia etc. Even so, the prophet (sal) was silent on this issue so were the sahaba. The difference between real life porn and animated porn is like the example of eating real meat of a pig and eating a chocolate or sweet shaped pig which is not real pork. Eating the latter is definitely allowed because it does not contain real pork although it is shaped in the shape of a pig. Among the many false arguments that have brought to prove that watching animated porn is haram is based on the below mentioned hadith.
Abdullah Ibn Masood(rali) narrated that the prophet (sal) said:
“No woman should look at another woman then describe her to her husband so that it is as if he is looking at her".
(Sahih Al Bukhari)
In the above hadith the prophet (sal) forbade looking at the women when describing her to her husband because the husband could look at the women lustfully and this has nothing to do with a drawing or anything similar. The other argument is based on the word Fahisha (Lewdness,Obscenity etc). They argue that animated porn is also a form of Fahisha. I would like to ask them in which verse in the Quran or sahih hadith does it say that looking at nude pictures is Fahisha. Fahisha is what Allah (swt) and his messenger (sal) has mentioned as Fahisha and not someone's opinion or assumption.
Playing GTA-5 is not haram for a Muslim.