What is the ruling on listening to someone who utters obscene language? May Allah reward you abundantly.
Rudeness is religiously condemned and forbidden. It is forbidden to listen to unlawful speech, and the listener is a partner in sin. The speaker of unlawful speech must be admonished, and if they do not desist, it is obligatory to leave the gathering, unless there is a necessity. Whoever is compelled to remain in the gathering and cannot object or leave, must not pay attention and should occupy themselves with remembrance (dhikr) or contemplation. As for someone who hears unlawful speech incidentally and unintentionally, there is no sin upon them. However, if they sit and listen without objecting, they are sinful. The listener is a partner to the backbiter. Whoever witnesses a sin and dislikes it is like one who was absent from it, and whoever was absent from it and approved of it is like one who witnessed it. If one witnesses it out of necessity or compulsion, they should denounce it in their heart.
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