the other is the misfortune of an action.

Sometimes. there can be a difference between these two aspects.

Now consider religious gatherings:

*   In such gatherings, the words of Allah Almighty and His Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم are discussed.

*   Religious knowledge is learned and taught.

*   People discuss the reform of their morals and character.

*   Thought about the grave and the Hereafter is instilled.

*   Love for Allah Almighty and devotion for the beloved Prophet  صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم are nurtured.

Attending these gatherings may not be obligatory and those who do not participate in them are not sinful. Yet, reflect on the misfortune for them in missing out on all the blessings.

The person who failed to attend the blessed gathering of our beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم without any valid excuse, and turned away and walked off, the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said about him:

اَعْرَضَ فَاَعْرَضَ اللہُ عَنْہُ

He turned away, so Allah deprived him of mercy.

This is the misfortune of turning away from religious gatherings.

The esteemed scholar, ꜤAllāmah Badr al-Dīn al-ꜤAynī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه, says:
"From this Hadith, we learn that whoever turns away from the gatherings of religious scholars [i.e., circles where religious knowledge is taught], Allah does not show him mercy."^[1]