When you accompany a person who has red lines
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Have you ever heard someone say, "Have you heard the latest joke?" and then proceed to tell you something like, "Once Gabriel stood on..."? Who is Gabriel? Why would anyone make a joke about Gabriel?! Beware, beware of approaching this sacred boundary.
Therefore, an important warning for every young person listening to us: If you do not dare to commit this sin yourself, then avoid at all costs associating with someone who has no sacred boundaries, no red lines. By God, they may make you laugh at your religion and strip you of your faith without you even realizing it. They speak in front of you, and instead of anger rising in your blood—because your faith is weak—you laugh! Then you say, "I seek God’s forgiveness," just like that? "I seek God’s forgiveness"? You have abandoned your religion if you laugh at the mockery of an Islamic ritual, of God the Almighty, or of a verse from the Quran.
So, stay far away from these people completely. Even if their words are light and they make you laugh, by God, on the Day of Judgment, they will make you weep:
And on the Day the wrongdoer will bite his hands, saying, "Oh, I wish I had taken the path with the Messenger! Oh, woe to me! I wish I had never taken so-and-so as a close friend! He led me astray from the remembrance after it had come to me. And Satan is ever a betrayer to man."
I wish I had never associated with this wretched person! Stay away from them completely—they will strip you of your religion. Even if they laugh once and then say to you, "Ha-ha, clap your hands," what are you clapping for? For mocking God and His verses?!
Interlocutor: You’ve spoken the truth, Doctor. I, as one of the people, feel this very tangibly in the present time. To be honest, it has become common in many gatherings—especially with people you don’t know or are meeting for the first time—because of the casual attitude toward this issue. Some don’t even realize they are committing a crime when they "make someone laugh" or joke around. Seriously, it has reached the point where you have to say at the beginning of a gathering: "I want to tell you something, my brothers—God forgive us—yes, I have my own issues, but no one is to approach the sacred boundary of religion."
After that, they may call you complicated, rigid, or accuse you of acting like a sheikh... they say whatever they want, but out of respect for your religion, people understand from the start—especially if you are sitting with people you don’t know.
Doctor: By God, that’s a beautiful point, yes.
Interlocutor: Start with that, or speak up, because—Doctor, whether Syrian or not—your words are true, and this is a very important point. Because you might be afraid that in the middle of the gathering, this situation arises. What do you do then? Out of shyness or wanting to please others at the expense of your religion? That’s a disaster! You see? No. The solution is from the beginning: "No one jokes about religion."
Doctor: Therefore, the moment they bring up the mention of God’s verses, the Messenger of God, the Hereafter, God, or the angels—cut them off immediately. Do not allow them to continue at all.