Is working with disbelievers a form of loyalty to them?

Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: I have a prestigious profession in my community, and it takes up most of my time because it requires continuous development, reading, and research. Allah has granted me guidance to the path of the Sunnah and tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and a love for seeking knowledge of the Shari'ah. Whenever I am occupied with my profession, I feel that it is a worldly profession, and that being occupied with the world distracts from religion, especially since it requires me to mix with people who are far from religion, some of whom are disbelievers. So I am confused about my situation. Please guide us, O honorable ones. Is this work a preoccupation with the world and immersion in it? And does it contain a type of loyalty to these disbelievers who are on a religion other than Islam?

Answer:
If you have a desire to seek religious knowledge and you have the aptitude for it, then seize this desire and this aptitude, and seek religious knowledge. As for sustenance, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) will provide for you . So if you have a desire to learn religious knowledge and it is possible for you to get the opportunity to learn the religious sciences, then hasten to do so. As for the profession you mentioned, do not let it be lost; it will remain with you. Then, once you have learned the religious sciences, or at least the matters of your religion, you can return to your profession and be one who learns the matters of your religion and the matters of your worldly life, combining both benefits. So hasten to this opportunity.
Learn from the matters of your religion what you need, and return to your profession while maintaining your religion. Do not show loyalty to the disbelievers in the sense of loving them or being comfortable with them and siding with them; do not love them. As for mixing with them in your work while you hate them and are hostile to them, there is no harm. And if you call them to Islam, that is also an opportunity; it is an opportunity and a righteous deed if you call them to Islam and explain to them the merits of this religion. Perhaps Allah will guide through you one of them, even if it is just one. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes.