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The ruling on bringing a mobile phone into the mosque with ringtones and sounds

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Question:
And regarding the days of Tashreeq, and I praise Allah for the reality of the latest matters: the use of mobile phones and pagers and bringing them into the mosque, and the person using it, then he reads different sounds, some of which are musical, and even some of the mu'adhdhins hum along with it at the time of the adhan, and their voices are raised. Does this resemble a bell or a mosquito? And is this an innovation?

Answer:
Mosques have their sanctity, and the worshippers have their sanctity. It is obligatory for anyone who enters the mosque with this device to turn it off until he leaves the mosque, and he should not leave it making noise to the people and disturbing them, or some people talking and disturbing the people in the mosque. Mosques have sanctity and they have etiquettes, and the worshippers also have their sanctity. So do not make the mosques like markets and shops or booths for phone calls; this is a form of insulting the mosques. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Source شرح لمعة الاعتقاد [ صالح الفوزان ]، القرآن كلام الله — islamhouse.com (1:14:34)

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