The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: (And there has come down to you in the Book...)
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Question:
Allah the Exalted says in Surat al-Nisa: [Al-Nisa: 140] to the end of the verse. What is the meaning of the verse? And what is the nature of mockery and disbelief in it? Does that mean sitting with the people of sins and attending gatherings of evil, or what?
Answer:
This is a verse that prevents the believers from attending those who engage in the verses of Allah without right. Rather, it is obligatory for him to turn away from them and not sit with them if they engage in falsehood and evil. He must not sit with them unless he rebukes them, and they respond and abandon what they are doing; in that case, there is no harm.
As for if they persist in their engagement with falsehood and their mockery of the verses of Allah, it is obligatory for him to leave them, and to rebuke that through both action and speech.
Mockery of the verses of Allah is well known, as is disparaging them and making fun of them. This is disbelief and apostasy from Islam. We seek refuge in Allah. It is obligatory to be cautious of these people, to rebuke them, to be strict with them, and to report them to the authorities, so that they are deterred from their falsehood and so that they are dealt with as required by the Shari'ah.
As for the one who openly commits sins, he is less severe than that. The one who openly commits sins without associating partners with Allah, it is obligatory to rebuke him as well, to warn him of the command of Allah, and to caution him. But if he persists in displaying his sins, he should not sit with him either, but rather leave him and not attend, because in leaving him, he is rebuking him through both speech and action.
Allah the Exalted says in Surat al-Nisa:
And 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 اللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلَا تَقْعُدُوا مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا مِثْلُهُمْAnswer:
This is a verse that prevents the believers from attending those who engage in the verses of Allah without right. Rather, it is obligatory for him to turn away from them and not sit with them if they engage in falsehood and evil. He must not sit with them unless he rebukes them, and they respond and abandon what they are doing; in that case, there is no harm.
As for if they persist in their engagement with falsehood and their mockery of the verses of Allah, it is obligatory for him to leave them, and to rebuke that through both action and speech.
Mockery of the verses of Allah is well known, as is disparaging them and making fun of them. This is disbelief and apostasy from Islam. We seek refuge in Allah. It is obligatory to be cautious of these people, to rebuke them, to be strict with them, and to report them to the authorities, so that they are deterred from their falsehood and so that they are dealt with as required by the Shari'ah.
As for the one who openly commits sins, he is less severe than that. The one who openly commits sins without associating partners with Allah, it is obligatory to rebuke him as well, to warn him of the command of Allah, and to caution him. But if he persists in displaying his sins, he should not sit with him either, but rather leave him and not attend, because in leaving him, he is rebuking him through both speech and action.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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