What is the ruling on using a mobile phone that has a camera?
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The questioner:
I am a man who wants to buy a new mobile phone.
The Shaykh:
The mobile phone is new.
The questioner:
Now, he says, there is no phone available except one with a camera.
The Shaykh:
Do not use the camera. Remove it. Buy the phone and remove the camera if you can. If you cannot remove it and you cannot find any other phone at all, then do not use the camera; consider it as if it does not exist. Yes.
I am a man who wants to buy a new mobile phone.
The Shaykh:
The mobile phone is new.
The questioner:
Now, he says, there is no phone available except one with a camera.
The Shaykh:
Do not use the camera. Remove it. Buy the phone and remove the camera if you can. If you cannot remove it and you cannot find any other phone at all, then do not use the camera; consider it as if it does not exist. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم استعمال الجوال الذي يوجد به كاميرا؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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