Clerics from a Muslim organization in the north Indian city of Kanpur issued a fatwa, or religious decree, Wednesday against using Quran verses as ringtones on their mobile phones.
A panel of clerics from Jamia Asharaf-ul-Madaris objected to the use of aayats, verses from the Quran, as ringtones, arguing that people answer calls midway, leaving the verse incomplete.
The panel also disapproved of people who put their phone on vibrate during prayer services and denounced the use of phones while in the bathroom.
“If the phone rings and an aayat can be heard in the toilet, it is a sin,” Ghyasuddin, a senior cleric with the Islamic group, told the Press Association.
