Forbidding what is wrong and leaving a place where smoking takes place at work

Question:
The questioner says: In offices and workplaces, some of our brothers have been afflicted with smoking, and they smoke while we are committed to these offices and cannot leave them for work. We have already given them advice. Is our conscience cleared? And do we have to leave the place where the wrong is being committed?

Answer:
It is obligatory to give advice and to forbid what is wrong. If you are unable to forbid it, you should not sit with him. If Allah guides him through your hand, praise your Lord. Do not report his matter to someone who is able to forbid it, and do not sit with him as if you are approving of it. Either you stand up, or you forbid him until he stands up or leaves the wrong, or you report his matter to the competent authority. An order has been issued by the state and by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques prohibiting smoking in government offices. We have written about this more than once. As far as we know, those who complied with the written order did so, and those who did not comply are reported. They will not be reported to the Commission, nor will they be written about, nor will we report on them; because this is not permissible. First, it is forbidden, and second, the one in authority has issued an order prohibiting it.