Day Questions

A person has musical instruments and a gold ring (for men) from a time when he was not practicing Muslim. Can he sell them now? If he cannot to sell them, what should he do with them?

If the musical instruments can be used to produce permissible kind of music then it is allowed to sell them. If this is not the case, he can discard them. It is permissible to sell the gold ring even if it is for men.

Is it permissible to play video games involving adventure or fighting (not chess or other gambling games) in one’s spare time, even without “tarab” because music can always be turned off in video games?

It is permissible to play such games, but we advise you to limit this and not waste time in playing them, since repeatedly playing such games leads to addiction to it and could cause harm to the personality of the individual.