Is the telephone a means of maintaining family ties?
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The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, is the telephone considered a means of maintaining family ties?
The Shaykh : Yes, the telephone is a means of communication, because it is as if you are addressing them from a distance, saying, "Oh my father, oh my mother, how are things, how is this, how is that?" The matter is clear.
The questioner : Sometimes I cannot reach my father.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : I cannot reach my father on the telephone most of the time.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : Three months, four months, I cannot reach them.
The Shaykh : You tell your family to inform your father that you will call him at such-and-such time. Set a time between you and him. Then, either that time suits him or it does not. Then he tells your family: "Call me at such-and-such time, which suits him."
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes, the telephone is a means of communication, because it is as if you are addressing them from a distance, saying, "Oh my father, oh my mother, how are things, how is this, how is that?" The matter is clear.
The questioner : Sometimes I cannot reach my father.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : I cannot reach my father on the telephone most of the time.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : Three months, four months, I cannot reach them.
The Shaykh : You tell your family to inform your father that you will call him at such-and-such time. Set a time between you and him. Then, either that time suits him or it does not. Then he tells your family: "Call me at such-and-such time, which suits him."
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.