The ruling on a person in i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) browsing his mobile phone and news websites
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is a person in i'tikaf permitted to browse his mobile phone, read the many messages he receives from people, and reply to them, as well as read news websites on his phone?
Answer:
This is not a person in i'tikaf. This is someone who has come to devote himself to looking at his phone. He is not in i'tikaf. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is a person in i'tikaf permitted to browse his mobile phone, read the many messages he receives from people, and reply to them, as well as read news websites on his phone?
Answer:
This is not a person in i'tikaf. This is someone who has come to devote himself to looking at his phone. He is not in i'tikaf. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين11-05-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (55:59)
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