What is the ruling on sitting in an assembly where there is evil, merely disapproving of it in one's heart, and not leaving the assembly without a valid excuse? And does the verse: "And He has already revealed to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah being disbelieved in and ridiculed, then do not sit with them until they engage in another conversation. Indeed, in that case, you would be like them" apply to other assemblies of disobedience that do not involve disbelief in Allah's verses or ridiculing them, such as backbiting, for example?
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What you have described as extremism in religion is what Muslim scholars have unanimously agreed upon, and they have adduced evidence for it from the Qur’an that the silent person who listens to a wrong action without condemning it is on the same level as the perpetrator. This applies generally to all sins. The Prophet forbade sitting at a table where wine is being served, and Abu Ayyub abandoned a wedding because of curtains on the walls.
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