Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Can a mobile used for haram render salaah invalid?

· 23 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1438 AH1 min readFatwa 38955English

Question

Hazrat, I wanted to ask if someone uses their cell phone for haram – for example to watch pornography, or speaks to non-mahram women, and has the phone in his pocket whilst performing salah.

Is the salah valid?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Yes, his Salaah will be valid. However if the phone in his pocket will distract his focus and attention in salaah, then he should keep his cellphone elsewhere.[i]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Aboobakr Siddeeq bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad

Student Darul Iftaa

Azaadville, JHB, South Africa

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[i]

(كعبثه بثوبه وبدنه) لانه ينافي الخشوع الذي هو روح الصلاة فكان مكروها [حاشية الطحطاوي ١\٤٦٦] دار قباء

وإن كان المراد قراءة القرآن، فإنما كره رفع الصوت بها؛ لأنه ينافي الخشوع

المحيط البرهاني للإمام برهان الدين ابن مازة – ٥\١٤٤]]

( يكره للمصلي أن يعبث بثوبه ) لقوله ( صلى الله عليه وسلم ) : ' إن الله كره لكم العبث في الصلاة ' ، ولأنه

يخل بالخشوع [الإختيار لتعليل المختار – ١\٦٧]

قَالَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ ( وَتَغْمِيضُ عَيْنَيْهِ ) لِقَوْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ { إذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ إلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَلَا يُغْمِضْ عَيْنَيْهِ } ؛ وَلِأَنَّهُ يُنَافِي الْخُشُوعَ

[تبيين الحقائق شرح كنز الدقائق – ٢\٢٧٩]

Answered by
Aboobakr Siddeeq bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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