The ruling on setting a mobile phone ringtone to the sound of the adhan or the Qur'an
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The questioner:
Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: What is the ruling on setting a mobile phone ringtone to the sound of the adhan? The sound of the iqamah, or recitation, or supplication? Since some say it is less severe than a musical ringtone.
The Shaykh:
I mean, is there nothing here other than music or the Qur'an or dhikr? Here, praise be to Allah, there are alarms that are not music, and the dhikr and Qur'an are not set just for the purpose of alerting. This is a disgrace to the Qur'an, a disgrace to the Qur'an. And how many worshippers are disturbed by these sounds emanating from their mobile phones during the prayer! You find this one is making qunut, this one is shouting, and this one is reciting, causing confusion for the people. One should set a light alarm that he feels, but its sound does not extend to the people. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: How do we reconcile the hadiths that encourage asceticism regarding this worldly life?
The Shaykh:
And there is another way, which is to set it on the manufacturer's mode, so that when he says the taslim, he sees who called him, sends the number to the mobile, and knows who called him without sound and without disturbance.
Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: What is the ruling on setting a mobile phone ringtone to the sound of the adhan? The sound of the iqamah, or recitation, or supplication? Since some say it is less severe than a musical ringtone.
The Shaykh:
I mean, is there nothing here other than music or the Qur'an or dhikr? Here, praise be to Allah, there are alarms that are not music, and the dhikr and Qur'an are not set just for the purpose of alerting. This is a disgrace to the Qur'an, a disgrace to the Qur'an. And how many worshippers are disturbed by these sounds emanating from their mobile phones during the prayer! You find this one is making qunut, this one is shouting, and this one is reciting, causing confusion for the people. One should set a light alarm that he feels, but its sound does not extend to the people. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: How do we reconcile the hadiths that encourage asceticism regarding this worldly life?
The Shaykh:
And there is another way, which is to set it on the manufacturer's mode, so that when he says the taslim, he sees who called him, sends the number to the mobile, and knows who called him without sound and without disturbance.
Source
تفسير حزب المفصل، تفسير سورة القلم [ الآية 41 إلى آخر السورة ] — islamhouse.com (41:28)
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