Part 2 of guide lines for usage of mobile.
4) Mobile Phone:
During the earlier days of mobile phone launch in India it was an instrument without cable and with mobility to carry and communicate, but later-on in the name of help and facility the enemies of humanity with well planned strategy started to serve music to youth, illicit texts and photos and even video clips. The mobile instrument these days has become an ‘fm-radio, a TV, a music system, a camera, a video-recorder and the list goes-on. And the general people in the society accepted it un-questioningly. The objective of this instrument at the beginning of launch in India than and now, has seen a sea-change within itself, virtually it has become a rude-habit of today’s all generation.
a) Before purchasing a fresh set of mobile instrument, kindly define the objective/purpose of obtaining it. You should be clear on all fronts including its utility such that you don’t waste money in buying high-end instrument when your requirement is just to talk among people. This is just an example quoted here, as I know quite a few people myself that those who are well-to-do monetarily in the society would be carrying an instrument which would be costing around Rs. 15,000/- but would not be having knowledge of even replying ‘sms’ that they receive.
b) The ringtone in the mobile instrument should be of normal nature. The objective of ringtone is to alert you about having a phone-call & not the show-off. Having ringtone of songs is a matter of great sinful deed and is a ‘Kabira-Gunah’.
c) When you go to ‘Masjid’ for ‘Namaz’ you should always switch-off your mobile instrument, as the purpose of ‘Namaz’ is to be in-front of ALLAH with utmost concentration, as while taking the ‘Niyat’ of ‘Namaz’ we take both our hand to the ears in such a way that as-if we are putting all the worldly things behind us. Since the essence of ‘Namaz’ is to ‘Please ALLAH’ the mobile instrument on silent or vibration mode will divert your connection from ALLAH. Hence avoid all the condition of the mobile instrument & keep it in switch-off mode only, while you enter the ‘Masjid’.
d) Now, in-case you genuinely forgot to switch-off your mobile instrument & it starts ringing vociferously during the ‘Namaz’, kindly with the help of one hand (Amal – e – Qalil) try to switch-off your mobile instrument, so that there is no non-sense in the ‘Masjid’ because of you leading to disturbance in ‘Namaz’ of other ‘Namazis’ as well. “Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi W Sallam) while were in ‘Etekaf’ heard in the ‘Masjid’ about other ‘Muslim Brother’ reciting ‘Quran’ loudly, He said that aren’t you all proclaiming your Almighty ALLAH? Hence do not harm each-other and recite ‘Quran’ with your voice volume not exceeding each-other (Musnade Ahmed)”. Now, imagine that in ‘Masjid’ reciting ‘Quran’ loudly has been advised not to do, what do you think about the mobile instrument ringing in the ‘Masjid’ uninterruptedly?
e) If this is not possible break your ‘Namaz’ and with the help of both the hands switch-off the mobile instrument, & start your ‘Namaz’ a fresh. Jurists have said that breaking of ‘Farz Namaz’ without justifying reason is not permissible. The few justified reasons are; 1) The extreme pressure of anal or urine during ‘Namaz’. 2) The theft of your own things in-front of you. 3) The fear of a blind or child being meeting with an accident etc… (Fatawa Hindiya Vo.1 page;105). Such things take away the person’s concentration from the ‘Namaz’, likewise the noise of mobile instrument in the ‘Masjid’ takes away the concentration of the ‘Namazis’. “Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi W Sallam) has described undesired noise of this nature as one of the signs of ‘Qayamat’ (Hadis-ul-Fitan)”. In today’s time this a justifying reason for breaking ‘Namaz’ and switch-off the mobile instrument and restart your ‘Namaz’ a fresh. “Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi W Sallam) has said that kill two blacks during the ‘Namaz’ snake and scorpion. (Ahmed, Abu-Dawood, Tirmizi)”. It is known that during the ‘Namaz’ killing of these two creatures breaks the ‘Namaz’ in the ‘Hanafi School of Thought’. Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi W Sallam) has said ‘O assembly of those who have believed with their tongues but into whose hearts faith has not yet reached! Do not hurt the Muslims, do not disclose their short-comings in the assembly of people nor seek out their secrets! For whoever seeks out the faults of his brother, Allah will seek out his secrets. And, whoever has his secrets sought out by Allah, Allah will disgrace him, even [if he hides] in the depths of his house (Tirmizi).
f) Many people keep dialer tone to be a song in their mobile instrument & until the phone is received by the receiver the dialer has to willingly or unwillingly listen to it, this is ‘Kabira Gunah’ & the responsibility of this is on the one who has such dialer tone active on his/her mobile instrument.
g) Dialer-tone or ringtone should not be the ‘Ayat of Quran’ or any ‘Hadith’ or ‘Azan’ under any circumstance. This is an insult to the ‘Muqaddas Kalaam’.
h) The having of text or audio of ‘Quran & Hadith’ in the mobile instrument is permissible. You can read, listen or recite it with or without ‘Wuzu’. You can also go to urinal alongwith this instrument provided there in no text on the screen.
(Subject ends here)
Mufti Abdulqayyum
16/02/2011
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