Bollywood Music in the Two Holy Mosques

[the_wrong_guy]

People who set cheesy Bollywood songs as ringtones should die.

People who do that and don't switch off their phones during prayers, even at Masjid al-Haram and the Prophet's (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) Mosque, should die twice.

Diss, cuss.

[Ayooshi]

Asalamu Alaikum,

Or some people during their Tawaf will be on their cell phones loudly, laughing, joking, and talking about nonsensical things. It really burned me inside.

May Allah(swt) grant them Hidaya.

Fi AmanAllah

[ChotooMotoo]

yeah... that's why they were confiscating cell phones, camera's etc. when I was there.

[Jaysh]

Originally Posted by the_wrong_guy

Diss, cuss.

Lol, that is genius. Did you think of that yourself?

[thejellymill]

I can't believe somebody would travel all the way to the Holy Kaaba only to disrespect it in such a disgusting way. I'm sure people do other bad things there, we could go on and on, but this type of incident is sooooo easily avoidable. It's so common even at Jumu'ah prayers every week.

In my opinion they should have a big box where everyone is required to dump their cell phones BEFORE entering the prayer hall.. ugh. Or leave it at home or in the car, why do you need your phone in the masjid. So stupid.

[the_wrong_guy]

Originally Posted by Jaysh

Lol, that is genius. Did you think of that yourself?

Um, yeah.

Although I was expecting someone else to have used it earlier.

Originally Posted by thejellymill

In my opinion they should have a big box where everyone is required to dump their cell phones BEFORE entering the prayer hall.. ugh. Or leave it at home or in the car, why do you need your phone in the masjid. So stupid.

There's this Imam (named Towfiq Saegh) at a famous Masjid in Madinah who installed cellphone jammers or network blockers or whatever they're called at his Masjid. Clearly, the same cannot be done at the Haramain. It would lead to chaos.

I remember reading about a young Saudi winning some award for writing a program that switched your phone to silent mode as soon as you entered a Masjid. I'm guessing they never took it seriously, or they never figured out the right kind of hardware to use it with.

[the_wrong_guy]

Originally Posted by Ayooshi

Asalamu Alaikum,

Or some people during their Tawaf will be on their cell phones loudly, laughing, joking, and talking about nonsensical things. It really burned me inside.

May Allah(swt) grant them Hidaya.

Fi AmanAllah

Wa alaekum as-salam.

Ameen.

Also, some people chant duas in unison. They're extremely loud, and make it really difficult for those nearby to concentrate on their dhikr and duas.

[caffienetime]

wow...i have never seen or heard of this happening. subhanAllah, i cant believe people are so arrogant even when they are in such a holy place.

[thejellymill]

the_wrong_guy: wow! that's awesome, was it Masjid al-Quba by any chance?

[caffienetime]

Originally Posted by the_wrong_guy

Wa alaekum as-salam.

Ameen.

Also, some people chant duas in unison. They're extremely loud, and make it really difficult for those nearby to concentrate on their dhikr and duas.

yeah! i kept losing my concentration while doing tawaaf. especially because their accent was different than what i was taught.

[Jaysh]

Originally Posted by the_wrong_guy

Wa alaekum as-salam.

Ameen.

Also, some people chant duas in unison. They're extremely loud, and make it really difficult for those nearby to concentrate on their dhikr and duas.

Not to mention that most times their chanting is pure shirk.

[IbnMardhiyah]

Originally Posted by the_wrong_guy

Diss, cuss.

dissed and cussed for sure.

dis.gus.ting.

[ChotooMotoo]

Originally Posted by Jaysh

Not to mention that most times their chanting is pure shirk.

Not when I was there. When I was there they were group chanting the dua's the rest of us were saying silently. One person would say the dua (loudly) and everyone else would recite it after (loudly). It wasn't just Shia's either, lots of people were doing the same thing. The Iranians were just the loudest.

[Jaysh]

Originally Posted by ChotooMotoo

Not when I was there. When I was there they were group chanting the dua's the rest of us were saying silently. One person would say the dua (loudly) and everyone else would recite it after (loudly). It wasn't just Shia's either, lots of people were doing the same thing. The Iranians were just the loudest.

Well, it's mostly them, and it's mad annoying.

[the_wrong_guy]

Originally Posted by thejellymill

the_wrong_guy: wow! that's awesome, was it Masjid al-Quba by any chance?

No, it wasn't al-Quba.

Originally Posted by Jaysh

Well, it's mostly them

No, it isn't. We have non-Shias from a variety of countries (India: particularly people from Kerela and Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Egypt (probably the loudest), Turkey, Nigeria, etc.) who do the same thing.

Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

dissed and cussed for sure.

dis.gus.ting.

Especially when the Imam is reciting the Qur'an in an exceptionally beautiful manner, and is crying out of the fear of Allah, and someone's phone goes "Tumhe dekha to.." or whatever.