avoiding bad assumption and maintaining ties of kinship, he is also scolded harshly. But, as long as nothing clear presents itself, we should have a good opinion. Giving encouragement to have a good opinion on such occasions, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ states:

Mobile Phone

If you have phoned, texted or emailed someone a few times, in fact even a hundred times, you should still have a good assumption of your Muslim brother and earn the reward of an excellent worship (and you should make your mindset in the following way, by thinking:) he must not be replying due to some necessity. Also, even if a person does not intentionally answer your call, or reply to your text or email, it is not necessary that he is sinful according to the Shari’ah, otherwise, everyone who has a phone will be sinful over and over again, and you yourself, do not answer every phone call. But alas! When a person’s call is not answered, Satan sometimes makes a person forget everything and causes him to become angry, but you should do things with a cool mind, otherwise, if you become impatient in your anger, sinful statements full of backbiting, slander and bad opinion can leave your mouth. (Gheebat ki Tabah Kariyan, p. 391)

Answer calls and attain rewards

He further states: Indeed, it is not necessary to answer every call, but with good intentions of bringing happiness to another Muslim and to save him from backbiting, slander, and other sins, one should answer calls and reply to texts straight away. It is also possible that the one who is calling is in an emergency, so if you cannot answer his call due to some necessity then you should phone him back later and earn rewards for bringing joy to his heart, and what can be said about the reward of bringing joy to the heart of a Muslim! Hence, it is stated on page 534 of the book ‘Jannat mayn lay jaanay walay a’maal,’ the 743-