The Ruling on Musical Sounds in Mobile Phones Inside Mosques
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding mobile phones that have musical sounds, is there a similarity to what Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned concerning listening to songs in mosques, and what is obligatory in this matter?
Answer:
Yes, we have said and we say: Do not make the alarm a musical sound. Make it an alarm, meaning with a ticking sound or something similar to that, without any music. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding mobile phones that have musical sounds, is there a similarity to what Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned concerning listening to songs in mosques, and what is obligatory in this matter?
Answer:
Yes, we have said and we say: Do not make the alarm a musical sound. Make it an alarm, meaning with a ticking sound or something similar to that, without any music. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأما سماعه من المرأة الأجنبية أو الأمرد فمن أعظم المحرمات — islamhouse.com (1:02:11)
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