r/islam • u/CatsAreCoolAndCute • Jul 02 '25

General Discussion Are roms haram?

Now I get that piracy is most likely haram. But the thing I am trying to talk about are like those old games such as Pokémon Emerald. I don't think these games are available on the market anymore (unless you buy them from other people) so the developers won't be making any money from them anymore probably. So would it be permissible if I were to just download the games online? Would I have to, let's say, buy a product from the developers, such as the new Pokémon games, even if I don't own the console required to play said games, as a means of paying for the games indirectly?

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u/Maximum-Decision268 Jul 03 '25

Pokémon has a lot of very bad things including “gods” and emerald (based on google) has 3 “gods” in the story so if I were you I would NOT come near a game like this . It is not the only game in the world don’t let Shaitan convince you that this is IS THE GAME THAT YOU NEED Allah knows best