When Sulayman said to the hoopoe (then he turned away from them), can it be inferred from the verse that mixing with disbelievers is prohibited?

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, in the story of the hoopoe, when Sulayman said to him, "Then he turned away from them." He asks: Can it be inferred from the verse that mixing with disbelievers or associating with them is prohibited, except out of necessity, in order to protect the Prophet?

The Shaykh:
From them, so look at what they return to. He turned away from them. Do you hear what some of them say to each other? What is the purpose? The purpose is that he does not mix with them. The purpose is that they do not see him, and he is in a place where he can hear what they say, but they do not see him, so that he can convey their words to the Prophet of Allah, Sulayman. Yes.

The questioner:
He asks: And can we derive a ruling from the Qur'an without the scholars of tafsir (exegesis) mentioning it?

The Shaykh:
By Allah, in this manner, that is not permissible for you. That is not permissible for you. This is not a correct method to take the prohibition of mixing with disbelievers from the story of the hoopoe. The hoopoe turned away from them in order to hear their words and report them to Sulayman. Yes.