What is the ruling on downloading religious books and Qur'anic surahs to a mobile phone that contains inappropriate images which are difficult to delete, and is it permissible to use this phone for religious studies and to download religious files onto it?
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There is no harm in using a phone that contains forbidden images, but you must remove those images, even if by erasing all the device's contents and reloading only the beneficial programs.
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