Manners of Using the Phone

 

Chosen Islamic Manners

Manners of Using the Phone

 

*One should be sure that he is phoning the correct number; so that he would not bother anyone.

 

*One should choose the appropriate time to make the call. People have their businesses and needs. They also have certain times in which they sleep and take rest, and eat. 

 

*One should not lengthen a conversation, for the one he is talking to may have an appointment or may be busy. 

 

*Women should not talk in a flirtatious way, nor should they talk needlessly to men. Allah says:

Be not soft in speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease (of hypocrisy, or evil desire for adultery, etc.) should be moved with desire, but speak in an honorable manner.  (33:32)

 

*One should greet the one he calls with Salam; for he is the one who has initiated the call. He should also end his call by saying Salam as well. 

 

*One should not use the phone of someone else unless he takes their permission. One should not use another person's phone needlessly. 

 

*One should not tape whom he is talking to unless he takes his permission regardless what the conversation is about. The one who does this has indeed betrayed the trust. If one informs others of what he has said, then this is worse. It is also unlawful for one to secretly listen in on someone's conversation.

 

*One should not use the phone to fulfill his lusts or to do the unlawful. The phone is a grace which Allah Almighty has blessed us with. It is inappropriate that one misuses it to harm the Muslims or to seduce women and call them to evil. This indeed is unlawful and its doer will be most deserving of the severe torment of Allah Almighty. 

Source: Chosen Islamic Manner

to be continued . . . .