His Eminence (aj) said: Don’t sit in their company, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime says: وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلَا تَقْعُدُوا مَعَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ ۚ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا مِثْلُهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَامِعُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَالْكَافِرِينَ فِي جَهَنَّمَ جَمِيعًا And indeed He has revealed to you in the Book that when you hear Allah’s communications disbelieved in and mocked at do not sit with them until they enter into some other discourse; surely then you would be like them; surely Allah will gather together the hypocrites and the unbelievers all in hell.(Surah Nisa 4:140) It implies the successors of Prophet and it is the Waqifis who deny them.[^8] I say: We should remember that here Waqifis are only one of the implications; in the same way, the mention of successors is only one of the implications of signs of Allah.
📌Note: From what we have seen under the interpretation of these verses and other traditional reports it is clear that it is prohibited to sit in the gathering of deviated people, some kinds of whom are mentioned in the beginning of this discussion. Rather it is not merely prohibited, it is a greater sin as Allah, the Mighty and Sublime has said: You will also be like them. Thus one who sits in their company will also be considered same as they are.
Rather, one who sits with them will be a hypocrite and eligible for Hellfire as mentioned in the verse: surely Allah will gather together the hypocrites and the unbelievers all in hell. Thus it is clear that it is a greater sin. I beseech Allah, the Mighty and Sublime to give us Taufeeq to do that with which He is pleased and keep us away from that which causes His fury and anger. It is mentioned in a Dua: Or perchance You find me in a gathering of falsehood and leave me among them.
I say: This much divine anger would be enough to destroy us. I beg the Almighty to keep us safe from such a situation. In duty number fifty-eight we will mention some points to illustrate this point further, Insha Allah. [^1]: Tafseer Qummi, Vol. 1, Pg. 156 [^2]: Usool Kafi, Vol. 2, Pg. 377 [^3]: Usool Kafi, Vol. 2, Pg. 377 [^4]: Usool Kafi, Vol. 2, Pg. 378, Tr. no. 12 [^5]: Usool Kafi, Vol. 2, Pg. 379, Tr. no. 13 [^6]: Usool Kafi, Vol. 2, Pg. 379, Tr. no. 14 [^7]: Usool Kafi, Vol. 2, Pg.
379, Tr. no. 15 [^8]: Tafseer Burhan, Vol. 1, Pg. 423, Tr. no. 4. Previous…