The ruling on taking out a mobile phone during prayer to make tasbih for someone who called
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person receives a call while he is in prayer, is it permissible for him to take out his phone while in prayer and then make tasbih to let the caller know that he is praying?
The Shaykh:
No, this is movement and fiddling in prayer. One does not move or do anything in prayer. Yes. He should turn off the phone. If he wants to pray, he turns off the phone. Prayer is not a time for phone calls. Yes.
The questioner:
And he does not answer.
The Shaykh:
At the very least, he leaves it alone, does not move, and does not take it out and look at it. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person receives a call while he is in prayer, is it permissible for him to take out his phone while in prayer and then make tasbih to let the caller know that he is praying?
The Shaykh:
No, this is movement and fiddling in prayer. One does not move or do anything in prayer. Yes. He should turn off the phone. If he wants to pray, he turns off the phone. Prayer is not a time for phone calls. Yes.
The questioner:
And he does not answer.
The Shaykh:
At the very least, he leaves it alone, does not move, and does not take it out and look at it. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب البكاء في الصلاة من خشية الله - تعالى - — islamhouse.com (1:01:56)
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