#Buying cases online

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icy reef
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Assalamu alaikum. My brother asks, is it allowed to buy a standoff 2 case for real money on a third-party site (about $2) if you're guaranteed to get an item that pays for this amount?
I told him my opinion (that it's not a good idea), but he wants to hear another opinion.

lone swift
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If it is similar mechanics to gambling then probably better to stay away

dark heart
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I dunno what a standoff 2 case is. Can you elaborate?

icy reef
dark heart
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Are you asking if it's haram to buy a loot box? Or are you asking if it's just a bad idea to buy a loot box from a 3rd party website?

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This is about the only resource I've seen about loot boxes/crates I've seen online:

https://muslimmatters.org/2020/10/26/podcast-the-fiqh-of-fifa-mufti-hussain-kamani/

I personally stopped buying them for the same reason @lone swift had mentioned, it seems too similar to gambling.

If you earn them in game I don't think it could be haram that way, nor do I think it's haram to outright purchase a skin you want, but I'd caution against throwing money at it like it's an investment. Some people manage to make money trading skins etc but the vast majority of people aren't treating it like a business endeavor and could get sucked into the gambling aspect of it.

But, either way I'd listen to that podcast episode or consult a scholar instead of just following my line of logic.

MuslimMatters.org
Podcast: The Fiqh of FIFA | Mufti Hussain Kamani

It’s estimated that 3 billion people play some sort of video game, whether on a computer, console, or smart phone.  For the millions of Muslims included in this number, what’s the halal and haram of this? Is gaming a good thing? When is gaming a bad thing? “I know a lot of kids in our […]