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Miscellaneous | May 24, 2026 | 1 min read

Islamic ruling on bubble gum simulator

Question

Assalamualaikum, I am an Hanfi muslim and I got a question. Okay so there is this game in Roblox called Bubble Gum Simulator where it is a game for children with bright colours, no visible haram stuff and overall seemingly safe. However, this game uses gambling psychology in the main gameplay loop with eggs. It uses variable ratio schedule which is the same psychological tatic casinos use as well and the game also uses a few seconds of antipcation before getting the pets. And when you DO get a Really good pet like legendary or even secrets it announces it globally as well. The game also uses FOMO (fear of missing out) in events which might be concerning since there is gamepasses like 2x luck that directly gives you better luck which by the way these secret pets can be extremely rare (like 1 in millions to far more) and while it is not all it most of them are extremely rare which combine with FOMO events can potentially lead to kids (Game's main audenience) to spending real money on gamepasses. There is also robux eggs and you can buy coins and gems with robux but you can avoid that but with Secret pets those are the rarest types of pets in the original game and these are straight up hidden in the eggs they are in and you can't see them in the index until you hatch them in the eggs they in. The sequal Bubble Gum Simulator Infinity uses more tatics like making some quests require hatching certain types of pets and the montization, well it just got worse. Moreover, there are also wheels and other stuff that had near miss in it. Sorry for all of this time for the question: Does ALL of this, all that I mentioned from an Hanafi pespective make Bubble Gum Simulator Makruh or Haram or is it still permissible and please explain why? Also sorry for this long of an explanation.

Islamic Ruling & Answer

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Walekumussalam,

You mentioned things like gambling-style psychology, rare rewards, suspense, FOMO events, and systems where players can buy extra luck with Robux. All of these are methods that can create greed, addiction, and pointless obsession, especially in children. Wherever there are features like Robux spending, 2x Luck, Secret Pets, FOMO, and gambling-like psychological tactics involving money, that aspect becomes close to haram or makruh tahrimi. Although it is not exactly gambling in the full technical sense, it still contains gambling-like psychological manipulation. Because of this, such a game is at least severely disliked, and if a person becomes trapped in it financially, mentally, or through wasting excessive time, then it can become impermissible and close to haram. Therefore, avoiding such games is safer and better.

Answered by

Mufti Tosif Qasmi

May 24, 2026