It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the Children of Israel became involved in sins, their scholars forbade them from it, but when they did not desist, even then their scholars continued to sit in their gatherings and eat and drink with them. As a result, Allah joined their hearts together and cursed them through the tongues of Dawud and 'Isa (peace be upon them), because they were disobedient and used to transgress the limits." When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was narrating this hadith, he was reclining on a cushion, then he sat up straight and said: "No, by Him in Whose hand is my soul, when you do not turn the people towards the truth (then sitting, associating, and eating and drinking with them will include you among them)."