What is the ruling on joining the Tablighi Jama'ah?

Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence the Shaykh, the question about the Tablighi group is frequent. This is because some of the brothers were participating in their activities and going out with them. They are with us now and want to know the truth and what you advise them to do, knowing that some of them have been with them for more than six years and some for more than five years. They now want to know the truth, so please benefit us. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
My brothers, we advise you to follow the Book and the Sunnah, and to be with the people of the Sunnah and the community. This is what we advise you to do, and to leave the sects that contradict the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community in general. As for the Tablighi Jama'ah, books have been written about them that clarify the errors and observations regarding them. These books are available and published, so read them. They were authored by people who walked with them and knew their way; people who joined them at first and went with them to their lands and got to know them. It became clear to them that they had great errors, and they wrote about them based on knowledge and awareness of their conditions. Some scholars have also written about them, quoting from those who went with them and investigated their state. So read these books written to critique the Tablighi Jama'ah. Do not go with so-and-so. Follow what this country is upon if you are from the people of this country; follow what the scholars of this country are upon, the scholars of the da'wah, which is a correct da'wah and a sound methodology, praise be to Allah. And if you are in a country other than this one, follow the Book and the Sunnah, and follow what the people of truth are upon, which is clear and evident, praise be to Allah.