What is the ruling on answering the phone during a lesson?
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Question:
Some of the brothers answer their mobile phones during the explanation. Is this in accordance with seeking knowledge and showing proper conduct toward the scholars?
Answer:
Turning on the mobile phone in the mosque is a mistake. It is obligatory for the Muslim, if he wants to enter one of the houses of Allah for worship, the remembrance of Allah, and seeking knowledge, that he turn off the mobile phone. So that it does not distract him or distract those in the mosque. He turns off the mobile phone until he leaves the mosque, because the mosque is not a place for calls and communications. You are coming to connect with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). You are not coming to connect with the created beings. So turn off the mobile phone and let your connection be with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Until you go out to the street, at that point you turn on the mobile phone.
Some of the brothers answer their mobile phones during the explanation. Is this in accordance with seeking knowledge and showing proper conduct toward the scholars?
Answer:
Turning on the mobile phone in the mosque is a mistake. It is obligatory for the Muslim, if he wants to enter one of the houses of Allah for worship, the remembrance of Allah, and seeking knowledge, that he turn off the mobile phone. So that it does not distract him or distract those in the mosque. He turns off the mobile phone until he leaves the mosque, because the mosque is not a place for calls and communications. You are coming to connect with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). You are not coming to connect with the created beings. So turn off the mobile phone and let your connection be with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Until you go out to the street, at that point you turn on the mobile phone.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الرد على الهاتف أثناء الدرس؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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