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The ruling on using a mobile phone during the Friday sermon

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Question:
He says: Is making a call on the mobile phone or opening it while the imam is delivering the Friday sermon considered a violation?

Answer:
Yes, it is not permissible to make a call on the mobile phone while the imam is delivering the sermon, because this involves movement, and it also involves speech and a conversation. It is not permissible to speak while the imam is delivering the sermon; rather, the Muslim should listen to the sermon. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever says to his companion, "Silence," while the imam is delivering the sermon, has spoken in vain.من قال لصاحبه صه والإمام يخطب فقد لغى.
And whoever speaks in vain, he has no Jumu'ah.وَمَنْ لَغَا فَلا جُمُعَةَ لَهُ
Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq 4:271
This means he does not have the virtue of Jumu'ah, even though it suffices him for the obligatory prayer, but he has no reward or virtue in it. This is a great deprivation. So the Muslim should not be occupied with anything other than listening to the sermon, and he should not move or speak until the sermon is finished. Yes.
Source قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7366 — youtube.com (5:28)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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