Does one become an infidel if they play a computer game in which there is a scene where the player presses a button, and the character then commits an act of shirk (polytheism/idolatry) or helps another character to commit shirk?
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It is forbidden to play with games that simulate shirk (polytheism or idolatry), but playing with them is not an act of disbelief if the player believes in the falsity of the shirk contained within them.
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