Moving a Phone on Shabbat to Avoid Disturbance
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Question
Is it permissible to move a phone on Shabbat that has an alarm clock set from the room it is in to another room, so it does not wake up others in the room who do not want to get up?
Answer
Hello,
It is permissible to remove it from the room.
The phone is considered muktzeh, a 'tool whose primary function is prohibited', and the rule for this type of muktzeh is that it is permissible to move it for the need of 'its place', meaning when it is disturbing a person in the place where it is located.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 308, סעיף 3
A tool whose primary function is prohibited may be moved, etc., both for its use, etc., and for the need of its place, meaning when one needs to use the place where the tool is located.