Whom should we sit with (in a gathering)?

[8] حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ وُهَيْبِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ مَا اجْتَمَعَ فِي مَجْلِسٍ قَوْمٌ لَمْ يَذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لَمْ يَذْكُرُونَا إِلَّا كَانَ ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسُ حَسْرَةً عَلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Wuheyb Bin Hafs, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘No group will gather in a gathering not mentioning Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic and not mentioning us -asws except that gathering would be a regret upon them on the Day of Judgment’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ ذِكْرَنَا مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَ ذِكْرِ عَدُوِّنَا مِنْ ذِكْرِ الشَّيْطَانِ. Then he (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘Our -asws mention is from the Mention of Allah ‑azwj , and the mention of our -asws enemies is from the mention of Satan -la ’.

[9] وَ قَالَ لُقْمَانُ لِابْنِهِ‏ يَا بُنَيَّ صَاحِبِ الْعُلَمَاءَ وَ اقْرَبْ مِنْهُمْ وَ جَالِسْهُمْ وَ زُرْهُمْ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ فَلَعَلَّكَ تُشْبِهُهُمْ فَتَكُونَ مَعَهُمْ And Luqman -as said to his -as son: ‘O my -as son! Accompany the scholar and draw closer to them, and sit with them, and visit them in their houses, perhaps you will resemble them, so you will become with them.

وَ اجْلِسْ مَعَ صُلَحَائِهِمْ فَرُبَّمَا أَصَابَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ فَتَدْخُلُ فِيهَا فَيُصِيبُكَ وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ صَالِحاً فَابْعُدْ مِنَ الْأَشْرَارِ وَ السُّفَهَاءِ فَرُبَّمَا أَصَابَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِعَذَابٍ فَيُصِيبُكَ مَعَهُمْ And sit with their righteous ones, some Allah -azwj will Shower them with Mercy so you will be included in it, and it will come to you; and if you were to be righteous, then distance from the evil and the foolish ones, sometimes Allah -azwj will Hit them with Punishment so you may be hit with them.