The ruling on speaking during prayer upon hearing the ringtone of a mobile phone
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible to speak during prayer if one of the worshippers hears a man’s mobile phone ringing?
Answer:
In the prayer itself, one does not speak of anything; it is not permissible to speak during the prayer, as doing so invalidates the prayer. This is because they used to speak during the prayer in the beginning, until the word of Allah the Exalted came down: "And stand before Allah, bowing in devotion"[Al-Baqarah 2:238] He said: Therefore, speaking is not permissible except for the benefit of the prayer, such as what occurred with the Companions with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) when they asked, "Did you shorten the prayer or not?"
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible to speak during prayer if one of the worshippers hears a man’s mobile phone ringing?
Answer:
In the prayer itself, one does not speak of anything; it is not permissible to speak during the prayer, as doing so invalidates the prayer. This is because they used to speak during the prayer in the beginning, until the word of Allah the Exalted came down: "And stand before Allah, bowing in devotion"
Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle prayer and stand before Allah, devoutly obedient.
حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَىٰ وَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَSo we were commanded to be silent
فأمرن بالسكوتAnd we were prohibited from speaking
ونهينا عن الكلام،
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 22-11-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (49:45)
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