What is the extent of my responsibility as a worker in Islamic recordings regarding the distribution of tapes by some who do not follow the methodology of the Salaf?

The questioner : I work in the field of Islamic audio recordings, and it occurred to me to ask some scholars about the responsibility for distributing tapes of some who do not follow the methodology of the Salaf. They belong, for example, to some of the groups we know in the scene, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, or the Tabligh, or the like. Some of them issued a ruling that I should not record or distribute these tapes at all, while others said: choose from them what you see as beneficial and that does not contain an explicit contradiction of the methodology of the Salaf. So the confusion still lingers with me to this day, and I ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to remove this confusion by what you see and indicate to us in this area. May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : There is no doubt in my mind that the second opinion you mentioned from some scholars is the correct one. Because: "Wisdom is the lost property of the believer; wherever he finds it, he picks it up." This hadith, although it is a weak hadith that is not authentic, some people in some countries became attached to it and wrote it on signs and hung it in the fronts of gatherings as if it were a hadith established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)—and it is not established—but it is sufficient for us that it is actually wisdom. So when that is the case, we act upon it and do not become fanatical about our school of thought, considering the fanaticism of the followers of other schools of thought. We are followers of the truth wherever that truth is and from wherever it comes. "Wisdom is the lost property of the believer; wherever he finds it, he picks it up." So if you come across a statement or a scientific research by a group from those groups that—regrettably—do not follow the methodology of the Salaf, but it contains reminders of the verses of Allah and some authentic hadiths of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), there is nothing preventing the distribution of these researches by way of recording, as long as there is nothing in them that contradicts the Book, the Sunnah, and the methodology of the righteous Salaf. And this problem—in reality—is not limited to recordings, but extends to written works, which are more widespread than these recordings. So is it permissible for a book publisher or a book seller to print what is not on the methodology of the righteous Salaf? And is it permissible for him to sell such books as well?
Answer: A book may not be free from some contradiction, and the criterion is to observe two things. The first thing: that the book—and that recording—does not be a call to a methodology that contradicts the methodology of the righteous Salaf. Second: that its correctness predominates over its error. "None of us is free from error except the one in this grave." Therefore, recording, printing books, and selling them must take these two principles into account. And if you ask about a recording that does not contain a contradiction of the Salafi methodology, I see no obstacle at all to distributing such a recording merely because the one speaking in it is not of the Salafi methodology, but rather of the later generations, or partisan, or the like. This is what knowledge requires, and what fairness requires, and what the attempt to reconcile the existing differences between Islamic groups today requires, regrettably.