The Ruling on Sitting at Tables Where Intoxicants Are Served
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Question: I am studying at one of the universities in Japan, and several meetings, seminars, and parties are held at this university where intoxicants are present. Is there a sin on me for being in a place where there is khamr, knowing that I make sure not to sit next to it, and I do not drink it, praise be to Allah?
Answer: It is not permissible to sit with people who are drinking khamr unless you rebuke them; if they accept the rebuke, well and good, otherwise you must leave them. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2801Hasan (Darussalam) It was narrated by Imam Ahmad and al-Tirmidhi with a good chain of narration.
And because sitting with them is a means to participating in their evil deed, or being pleased with it. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said in Surat al-An'am: [al-An'am:68], and His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He) : [al-Nisa:140]. And success is from Allah.
Answer: It is not permissible to sit with people who are drinking khamr unless you rebuke them; if they accept the rebuke, well and good, otherwise you must leave them. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
And whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, then he is not to sit at a spread in which Khamr is circulated.
من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فلا يجلس على مائدة يدار عليها الخمرAnd because sitting with them is a means to participating in their evil deed, or being pleased with it. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said in Surat al-An'am:
And when you see those who engage in [offensive] discourse concerning Our verses, then turn away from them until they enter into another conversation. And if Satan should cause you to forget, then do not remain after the reminder with the wrongdoing people.
وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِي آيَاتِنَا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّى يَخُوضُواْ فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ الشَّيْطَانُ فَلاَ تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ الذِّكْرَى مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَAnd it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them
وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ آيَاتِ اللّهِ يُكَفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلاَ تَقْعُدُواْ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى يَخُوضُواْ فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا مِّثْلُهُمْ
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