Ok, so I'm sure that about a thousand blog posts have been written about cellphones. About people driving with cellphones, talking in restaurants on cellphones, talking in lines on cell phones blah, blah. Man are they all annoying situations. But I have a complaint, if you are going to talk on your cell phone, really loud, in a public place, I would seriously advise you not to talk about the extremely personal details of your life. This has happened to me several times recently and it makes my ears burn like I'm eavesdropping, but I can't help it when you are talking at bullhorn level into your cell, I am going to listen.
Incident #1:
I'm on the shuttle bus that takes me from school to the stop where I walk home about 2 blocks. Some undergrad girl is on the phone with her boyfriend. She starts yelling at him. "Why do you always blame me. I don't know who took your pills, I didn't take them, ok!!" Hmmm, maybe I am reading that the wrong way and she could be talking about using his Claritin, but I seriously doubt it.
Incident #2:
I'm sitting in the student lounge area at school, innocently studying (read-surfing the web or playing sudoku). Some type of rep for one of the many exam studying programs is sitting there on her cell: "Ok, don't tell anyone and you are the first to know. I haven't even told (some guy's name) yet. I am pregnant! *girlish squeals*" So now her, her friend, and me all know that she's pregnant before the guy who made the baby? Ack.
Incident #3: Most uncomfortable moment of my life.
I'm waiting for the elevator in my building. Girl shows up on cell phone. She is obviously arguing with boyfriend. Deep serious arguing that leads up to break up arguing. I am standing there uncomfortably hoping that she finishes the conversation before we get on the elevator together. Elevator comes, I am not going to wait for it to come back again just because this girl won't get off the phone. We get on, the argument keeps going on. I can't even repeat it here, stuff about how can she trust him, she told him she didn't want the same relationship as she had last time, blah, blah, blah. Arrrrgh. I want to stand facing one of the corners until she gets off.
Ok, so now that I have complained about cell phones so much. I have a confession to make, I have been guilty of a cell phone annoyance to the extreme. Maybe someone can help me out with this dilemma. I'm at the mosque. We have started Magrhib my phone is on the other side of the mosque against a wall. It starts ringing, ahhhh. I stop praying and run over to switch it off. Disrupting even more people than just the ringing probably did and having to redo my prayer all over again because of the interruption. I was mortified. Insha'Allah it will never happen again because I will remember to put the phone on vibrate, but if it does should I run over and turn it off, or just let it ring and hope that they don't call back?
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
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LOL,this is funny. You want to know what really ticked me off with cell phones? At my nikkah. dead silent. He asks Kashif if he accepts the wedding. All of a sudden REALLY REALLY LOUD someone's cell phone starts paying the mexican jumping bean song. It's on our wedding video preserved for eternity. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteWell...you are supposed to ignore it and keep praying but then the prayer is all messed up anyhow because you will no longer be focusing on the prayer. Instead you'll be focusing on the embarrassment. Did you go to the mosque last night? M is home now? Let's plan a dinner night with you and M and Aisha and company...
ReplyDeleteAisha- OMG, that is too horrible about the cell phone at your nikkah. I would flip!
ReplyDeleteWayfarer- I know, even if you leave it ringing your prayer is ruined. I did't go to the mosque for noni, we were actually in Chi-Town for the weekend visiting M's sister and BIL. We should definitely get together, I just don't know when :(.
Salaam,
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine embarressed me once by talking really loud on the cell phone in a restaurant. He talked about meetings and 'issues' with individuals...I was mortified because all the people in the restaurant were listening and staring, watching him talk...I can only imagine what they thought he was talking about!
(With me sitting there in hijab and all! Not a very comforting feeling, let me tell ya.) ;)
I always leave my cell phone in the car when at the masjid because I'm afraid I'll forget to turn it off. I went Sunday and not one cell but 4 went off. I felt bad because they looked so mortified!
ReplyDeletehi, im from karachi, so i'll give u the 'desi' deal on cell phone usage in a mosque.
ReplyDelete1. Either keep your cell OUT of the mosque, or with you on your person (pocket?). Then, incase the above mentioned incident happens, all you do is reach down to you cell and switch it off.. That way, even though there's a slight interruption in namaz, you wont have to break it off.
2. I'm pretty sure on this topic, but u are 'never' supposed to break namaz, all except 1 condition. If your mother calls out to you, and even then you are allowed to break namaz after the third call only. I know its kinda strict, and may not make sense, but its what we've been thought here. Techinically, when your offering prayers, your in communication with God, so just think how rude it would be to Him that you break off right in the middle? Secondly, the one exception serve's to highlight the importance of mother's in Islam.
Best of luck on your life. I'll continue reading your entries.. i find them interesting :D