Advice and Guidance for Those Who Sit in Rest Houses

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, these gatherings must be filled with the remembrance of Allah. In some rest houses, Honorable Shaykh, people spend hours without any remembrance, and in idle talk that is of no benefit. What is your guidance?

Answer:
Rest houses contain many evils, and if they are not regulated, they become dens of evil and fools. Therefore, they must be regulated. Those sitting in rest houses or elsewhere must not leave their gatherings without the remembrance of Allah. They should remember Allah. If they sit in a gathering where they do not remember Allah, it is as if they have risen from a donkey’s carcass, as mentioned in the hadith. This applies to rest houses and elsewhere. However, as we mentioned, many evils and much negligence occur in rest houses. There may also be misunderstanding of religious matters, pretension toward some ignorant people, and so on. Yes.