Is it permissible to install clocks in mosques?
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Question:
There are wall clocks in mosques that alert people when the time for prayer begins, but they have a sound similar to a bell. Is it permissible to install them in the mosque?
Answer:
Nothing with a sound is to be placed in the mosque; nothing with a sound is to be placed in it. It is permissible to place a clock without a sound in it; there is no harm in that. One looks at it and sees the time. As for what makes a sound, or a bell, or something like that, it is not to be placed in mosques. Yes.
There are wall clocks in mosques that alert people when the time for prayer begins, but they have a sound similar to a bell. Is it permissible to install them in the mosque?
Answer:
Nothing with a sound is to be placed in the mosque; nothing with a sound is to be placed in it. It is permissible to place a clock without a sound in it; there is no harm in that. One looks at it and sees the time. As for what makes a sound, or a bell, or something like that, it is not to be placed in mosques. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز وضع ساعات في المساجد؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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