What is the ruling on going out in the path of Allah with the people of da'wah?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on going out in the path of Allah with the people of da'wah for the sake of calling to Allah?

Answer:
This is not going out in the path of Allah. Going out in the path of Allah is for jihad and carrying weapons to fight the disbelievers; that is what is meant by going out in the path of Allah. As for seeking knowledge, this is called a journey for the sake of seeking knowledge. You travel to the land where there are scholars, you migrate to the scientific schools; this is called a journey, not [going out in the path of Allah]. As for the newly invented going out that they call this, these are images [of Sufis]; this is a Sufi going out. They go out to learn Sufism and the dhikr of the Sufis; that is their intention. They distance them from the people of the Sunnah, they distance them from their land and from the people of the Sunnah, in order to dye them with the dye of Sufism. So beware of this. Yes.