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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If you sit in a gathering where Allah is not mentioned or the Messenger of Allah is not praised, and you remember Allah in your heart, is there a sin on you for sitting with them?

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. If you sit in a gathering where the people present do not commit to remembering Allah or sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but you remembered Allah and sent blessings upon the noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in that gathering, is there a sin on you for sitting with them, or is it otherwise? May Allah reward you with good. Know that the remembrance was in your heart. Praise be to Allah.

Answer:
Remembering Allah in your heart or with your tongue is a good thing, and you have done what is prescribed. If you had admonished them, reminded them, and commanded them to remember Allah, and told them that the people of a gathering in which Allah is not mentioned will rise from it as if they were rising from a donkey’s carcass, as mentioned in the hadith, if you had reminded them of that, it would have been better than you remaining silent about them. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، إذا جلست في مجلس لم يذكر فيه الله أو الصلاة على رسول الله وذكرت الله في نفسي فهل علي إثم إن جالستهم؟ — youtube.com

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