Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Avoid sitting on the roads. The companions said: O Messenger of Allah! There is no alternative for our gatherings; we have to talk on the roads. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If you insist, then give the road its due right. They asked: O Messenger of Allah! What is the right of the road? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Lowering the gaze, not causing harm, responding to greetings, enjoining good, and forbidding evil.

Sayyiduna Abu Talhah Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) has also narrated a similar Prophetic hadith.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bara’ bin ‘Azib (may Allah be pleased with both of them) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a gathering of the Ansar and said: If you must sit in the pathways, then guide the traveler, respond to greetings, and help the oppressed.

Sayyiduna Abu Shurayh bin Amr Khuzai (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Avoid sitting on the roads. If someone wishes to sit on the road, then he should fulfill its right. We said: O Messenger of Allah! What is the right of the road? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Lowering the gaze, responding to greetings, enjoining good, and forbidding evil.

Abdur Rahman bin Abi Amrah Ansari says: It was mentioned to Sayyiduna Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) about a funeral. He returned from it and then stayed so far behind from the gathering that people had already sat in their respective places. When people saw him coming, they dispersed, and some people said that he should sit in that gathering, but he said: No, indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Verily, the best gathering is the one which is spacious. Then he separated himself and sat in a spacious gathering.

A companion of the Messenger narrates that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade a person from sitting in such a way that part of his body is in the sun and part in the shade, and said: This is the sitting of Satan.

Syedna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When a person is sitting in the sunlight and then the sunlight moves away from him, he should leave that gathering.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Gatherings are of three types: one of safety, one of benefit, and one of idle and nonsensical talk.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Gatherings are based on trust, except for three gatherings: (1) the gathering in which unlawful blood is shed, (2) the gathering in which unlawful private parts are considered lawful, and (3) the gathering in which wealth is considered lawful without any right.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: In any gathering where people do not remember Allah Almighty, they will consider that gathering a cause of regret for themselves on the Day of Resurrection.