What is the guidance regarding the proliferation of Islamic booklets and how to deal with them?

Question : The Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) was informed that we see a proliferation of Islamic booklets in the public sphere, some of which focus on morals, some on creed, and some on jurisprudence, among other topics. What is your guidance to us regarding these booklets and how to deal with them? This is the reality, as the brother said.

Answer : There are many booklets, and many of them are by unknown people about whom no prior knowledge or jurisprudence is known. If they contradict the truth, they cause harm to the practitioner. Therefore, I advise that one should not accept from these booklets except from a known source, and that it be from scholars who are trusted in religion and knowledge, so that one does not go astray. As some of the Salaf said, "This knowledge is religion, so look to whom you take your religion from." The matter is not easy. I see that a person, especially one who does not have deep knowledge, should not possess these booklets and should refer to the books of scholars whose knowledge and trustworthiness are reliable. There are treatises, some of which we have read, that contain, as the brother said, incorrect statements regarding creed. The common people do not know, and the young student of knowledge does not know, so there is error in them. We ask Allah the Exalted to guide those in charge of this matter among us, to guide them to control this phenomenon, which is feared in the present and the future. What time is it? It is eleven o'clock. No, what Allah willed.