Tilawat in mobile phones

Millions of Muslims out of love for Quran and the beauty of tilawat (Quranic recitation) use Quranic verses as ring tones. A large number of Muslims store whole Quranic tilawat in their mobile phones as they do in their laptops and desktops.

A Muslim organization has issued a fatwa over using verses from the Koran as ringtones, saying that answering the call while the aayat (verses from the Koran) is going on is a sin.

The panel of clerics in Kanpur also said that taking a cellphone to the toilet as it rings is a sin because aayat cannot be heard in a toilet. They also condemned the habit that people have of keeping cell phones

on vibration mode while attending prayer services.

"Listening to aayats partially is anti-Islamic," Ghyasuddin, a senior cleric with the Islamic group Jamia Ashraf-ul-Madaris told the Press Association. "This kind of action amounts to a gunah (sin)."

A fatwa in the Islamic faith is a religious opinion on Islamic law issued by an Islamic scholar.

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