People are only ever equal when they are all as ignorant as each other or as bad as each other.
Not Even if You Have a Response
It is reported that Al-Ḥasan Al-Baṣrī – Allāh have mercy on him – said:
Do not sit with the people of desires (Bidʿah, heresy), even if you think you have a response [to what they say].
Al-Harawī, Dhamm Al-Kalām article 765.
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