Ninth: Attending the Sessions of the Righteous
We have previously mentioned the benefits that are included in solitude, and that it may not be possible. So, in case it is not possible, then one has to keep attending the sessions of the righteous. This is because the one who sits with someone, gains from his colleague in these sessions and takes some of the manners and character, whether he intended to do so or not.
Therefore, he has to select the one he will take as a colleague in these sessions and he must be on a high standard of morals, and praiseworthy behaviour. Then he must take him as a friend, a colleague, a session-mate and a righteous fellow. Maybe company with the righteous fellow is better than solitude. He must take care to not sit with one who has neither piety nor righteousness, because this is from the motivations of evil.
