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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on changing the conversation of a group in a gathering to something appropriate

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Question : What did you say? It is possible that there are righteous people or students of knowledge in a gathering where there is a lot of idle talk, and the idle talk is trying to turn this satanic gathering into a proper one. It is well known that some of the speakers may not believe in this.

Answer : Yes, there is blame, but he can change the conversation and say to the group, "This is not appropriate; we will be sinful for this talk," or something similar. So let them drop this talk. He should not switch them to a book to be read to them if they do not object. Yes.
If they do not object, he speaks with an exhortation based on the fact that what they are talking about is forbidden. He exhorts them regarding this forbidden matter. This is considered advice regarding something that is happening, or forbidding a present evil. As for a man sitting with his people in a normal sitting who wants to impose reading the Qur'an or something similar or an exhortation on them, that is not the case unless he sees that they would like it, or he is convinced that they desire it, because some people like it when a scholar sits with them for him to speak about what benefits them.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 4130 - 4600 إذا حضر رجل صالح مجلساً عاماً يكثر فيه اللغو هل له أن يحول المجلس إلى...؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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