The ruling on using clocks and house bells that have a sound
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The questioner:
And the Shaykh said, may Allah protect you. So why did the angels not ask how it is with the bell? He mentioned the hadith of the bell being the flutes of Satan. So do not ask the angels to open it with how and a bell. If there is hope from it regarding the clocks of the incident that ring every quarter hour or implementation. For this is that always the house where people are buried?
The Shaykh:
This is for the need. Taking the clock that rings is for the need, or for the sake of pleasure, or for the sake of a hobby. The bell, likewise, the bell on the door of houses today and dwellings have differed from previous dwellings. If this bell were not placed in them, no one would know who is asking for permission outside the house. Taking it for the need is permissible, if Allah wills, because it was not taken for pleasure or for a love of bells. Also, the fact that it is like the bells that were prohibited, about which a hadith was reported, requires consideration. Are they like these bells that were known to be hung on the necks of camels or the necks of male sheep? There is a difference, there is a distinction; they differ from them, even if there is some sound in them, but they differ. And even if they were like them, the need now calls for their use, because if the sleeper sleeps, who wakes him for prayer?
So he has a ticking clock that is beneficial. This has benefit. Likewise, the door, if someone asks for permission for a person inside a villa or a large building, he may not hear, and perhaps the visitor has a need or a matter, so this causes embarrassment. Using it for the need is permissible, if Allah wills. Yes.
Another questioner:
Naturally, in the tunes of children, some sounds occur sometimes, the sounds of the little ones, I do not know.
The Shaykh:
It is an easy matter. The trivial thing does not harm, if Allah wills.
And the Shaykh said, may Allah protect you. So why did the angels not ask how it is with the bell? He mentioned the hadith of the bell being the flutes of Satan. So do not ask the angels to open it with how and a bell. If there is hope from it regarding the clocks of the incident that ring every quarter hour or implementation. For this is that always the house where people are buried?
The Shaykh:
This is for the need. Taking the clock that rings is for the need, or for the sake of pleasure, or for the sake of a hobby. The bell, likewise, the bell on the door of houses today and dwellings have differed from previous dwellings. If this bell were not placed in them, no one would know who is asking for permission outside the house. Taking it for the need is permissible, if Allah wills, because it was not taken for pleasure or for a love of bells. Also, the fact that it is like the bells that were prohibited, about which a hadith was reported, requires consideration. Are they like these bells that were known to be hung on the necks of camels or the necks of male sheep? There is a difference, there is a distinction; they differ from them, even if there is some sound in them, but they differ. And even if they were like them, the need now calls for their use, because if the sleeper sleeps, who wakes him for prayer?
So he has a ticking clock that is beneficial. This has benefit. Likewise, the door, if someone asks for permission for a person inside a villa or a large building, he may not hear, and perhaps the visitor has a need or a matter, so this causes embarrassment. Using it for the need is permissible, if Allah wills. Yes.
Another questioner:
Naturally, in the tunes of children, some sounds occur sometimes, the sounds of the little ones, I do not know.
The Shaykh:
It is an easy matter. The trivial thing does not harm, if Allah wills.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الآنية - 2 — islamhouse.com (56:26)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.