Sitting with those who engage in what is wrong

Question:
The second questioner says: I am an employee, and some of my colleagues engage in [forbidden acts], and then [prayer] is established among them. I affected them with that and did [something] with them, and they did not forget. So, is it permissible to sit with them? I do not seek nearness to Allah through them, and I continued with them, so I do not sit with them in my determination, nor do I sit with them.

Answer:
If your sitting with them is with the hope of guiding them and repeating advice to them, that is a good thing. However, if your sitting with them is merely for their company and leaving off the prohibition of their evil, then you should not sit with them. That is, if you simply sit without forbidding their evil, without clarifying it to them, and without calling them to the truth, but rather you and they remain silent while they are in this state, then you should not do that.