The validity of prayer with mobile phone ringtones in the mosque

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner, first of all, thanks you and prays for you. Shaykh Salih says: You have spoken a great deal about what is called mobile phone ringtones, but we, Honorable Shaykh, are still suffering from them. Is our prayer valid if we hear these ringtones and they continue for, say, about half a minute or less? Is the congregational prayer in the mosque valid?

Answer:
The congregational prayer in the mosque is valid, and praise be to Allah. The sin is upon the owner of the ringtones who turned them on and showed contempt for the mosque and the worshippers. So these people should fear Allah and turn off their mobile phones when they enter the mosques and when they enter the prayer. And if the mobile phones have ringtones, that is more severe, for it is for him, and may Allah protect us from that. They should prevent the ringtones from their phones and set a light alarm that has no ringtones. Yes.