PROBLEM
OF CELL PHONES RINGING IN THE MOSQUE
ASSEMBLED BY MALLAM ABBA
ABANA, KUBWA, ABUJA, NIGERIA
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Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala
Rasulillah. As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu
Praise be to Allaah; we seek His help and
His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah from the evil of our own souls and
from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever
Allaah leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but
Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad (Sallalhu alaihi Wasalam) is His slave and Messenger.
Question: Cell
phone while they are good but when people bring them to the mosque and do not
turn them off, start ringing during the prayers. It is very annoying and
distracting. Please provide an Islamic ruling on this matter.
Islam is keen that the Muslim’s prayer
should be perfect in terms of focus and humility, far removed from anything
that may distract a person from prayer. Among the things to which Islam pays
attention in this regard are the following:
1 – It was narrated that Anas ibn
Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “We used to pray with the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) when it was intensely hot. When one
of us could not bear to press his face to the ground (because of the heat), he
would spread his garment and prostrate on it.”(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1150;
Muslim, 620).
Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar said: The
apparent meaning is that they did that in order to remove the distraction
caused by the ground being too hot. Fath al-Baari, 1/493
2 – It was narrated from ‘Aa’ishah that
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prayed in a shirt on
which there were designs, and when he finished praying he said, “Take this
shirt of mine to Abu Jahm and bring me the inbijaaniyyah (a woollen garment
that was plain, with no designs) of Abu Jahm, for it distracted me from my
prayer.” Haashim ibn ‘Urwah narrated from his father from ‘Aa’ishah that the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “I used to look at
its designs whilst I was praying and I was afraid that it would distract
me.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 366; Muslim, 556)
3 – It was narrated from ‘Aa’ishah that
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “If the iqaamah
for ‘Isha’ prayer is given and dinner is ready, then start with dinner.” (Narrated
by al-Bukhaari, 5148; Muslim, 558)
al-Haafiz said: al-Faakihaani
said: This should be interpreted in general terms, applicable to any situation
where there is a distraction that may lead to a person not being sufficiently
humble and focused (in prayer). Fath al-Baari, 2/160
4 – It was narrated that Abu Saalih
al-Sammaan said: I saw Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri on a Friday, praying facing
something that screened him from the people. A young man from among Bani Abi
Mu’eet wanted to pass in front of him, and Abu Sa’eed pushed him in the chest.
The young man looked and could not find any way to pass except in front of him,
so he tried again, and Abu Sa’eed pushed him more strongly than the first time.
The young man insulted Abu Sa’eed and entered upon Marwaan, and complained to
him about what Abu Sa’eed had done to him. Abu Sa’eed came in behind him, and
Marwaan said to him, “What is the matter with you and your brother’s son, O Abu
Sa’eed?” He said, “I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) say, ‘If any one of you is praying facing something that is
screening him from the people, and someone wants to pass in front of him, let
him push him back, and if he insists then let him fight him, for he is a
devil.’”(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 487; Muslim, 505)
Al-Zarqaani said: The phrase “for he is
a devil” means that he is doing the actions of the Shaytaan, because he is
insisting on disturbing someone who is praying. (Sharh al-Zarqaani,
1/442).
5 – It was narrated that Abu Sa’eed
said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) went
into i’tikaaf (retreat) in the mosque, and he heard them reciting Qur’aan out
loud. He drew back the curtain and said, “Each of you is conversing privately
with his Lord, so do not disturb one another or raise your voices above one
another when reading Qur’aan – or he said, when praying.” (Narrated by Abu
Dawood, 1332)
We should note in this last hadeeth
that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade the
people to distract one another from prayer by their prayer or Qur’aan-reading.
He forbade people to distract others from prayer by their prayer or
Qur’aan-reading. He did not like the prayer or Qur’aan-reading of one person to
distract another person from his prayer.
IN
CONCLUSION:
Islam encourages focus and humility in
prayer, and encourages us to persist in that. What we see of these mobile
phones in the situation mentioned is something that causes people to lose the
proper focus and humility in prayer, because it is a disturbance that affects
the spirit and tranquility of prayer.
We advise our brothers who own
these phones not to leave them switched on at the time of prayer, rather they
should turn off the ringer.
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