Prohibited Sitting Places

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Do not sit at a table on which wine is served, for a man does not know when he is overcome.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Never sit in the [middle of the] roads.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who believes in Allah and the Last Day must not sit in a suspicious place.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS), with regards to the verse: “Certainly He has sent down to you in the Book that when you hear Allahs signs being disbelieved and derided, do not sit with them until they engage in some other discourse”, said, ‘It means that [when you hear] someone denying the truth and rejecting it and speaking ill about the Imams, you should stand up and leave him and never sit with him again no matter who he might be.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘A believer must not sit in a place where Allah is disobeyed if he is unable to make a change.