The ruling on one spouse looking at the other's mobile phone and its contents
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The questioner:
This questioner says: What is the ruling on one spouse looking through the other’s mobile phone, telephone, bag, or wallet without their permission?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to look into people’s secrets or what they do not want others to see, because these are secrets. However, if there is deviation or crookedness in his wife and he wants to correct her and monitor her, there is no harm in that, because he is her guardian[An-Nisa 4:34]. Yes.
The questioner:
He also asks, Shaykh: Does this ruling apply to teenagers, children, and servants if one fears that harm may come to them?
The Shaykh:
What is the ruling?
The questioner:
I mean, for example, watching them on their mobile phones or regarding their personal matters without their permission.
The Shaykh:
No, if he is supervising them and preventing them, and he has the intention of correcting them, then there is no harm in that. Yes.
This questioner says: What is the ruling on one spouse looking through the other’s mobile phone, telephone, bag, or wallet without their permission?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to look into people’s secrets or what they do not want others to see, because these are secrets. However, if there is deviation or crookedness in his wife and he wants to correct her and monitor her, there is no harm in that, because he is her guardian
Men are in charge of women
الرِّجَالُ قَوَّامُونَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِThe questioner:
He also asks, Shaykh: Does this ruling apply to teenagers, children, and servants if one fears that harm may come to them?
The Shaykh:
What is the ruling?
The questioner:
I mean, for example, watching them on their mobile phones or regarding their personal matters without their permission.
The Shaykh:
No, if he is supervising them and preventing them, and he has the intention of correcting them, then there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 06 / فتاوى على الهواء - 13 02 1437هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (11:49)
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