Advice and Guidance for Preachers and Those Called to Islam?

Question : The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, we preachers and students of knowledge face some attacks and accusations when we admonish and advise people, whether in the mosques or outside them. For example, when we warn against the danger of riba (usury or interest), letting garments hang below the ankles, and the use of music and songs, they say, "You are being severe with people and with the religion, but the religion is ease, not hardship. These are simple matters as long as the intention is sound," and they point to their hearts. They also say, "As long as a person prays, Allah will forgive his other sins." Some of them may even get angry and curse the scholars and preachers. What is your advice and guidance for those who are called to Islam and for the preachers?

Answer : As for our advice to the preachers, who suffer the harm they suffer, it is that they should be patient, endure, stand firm, and seek reward from Allah. They should know that the harm they experience is what happened to those better than them. Indeed, Allah the Exalted said to His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) Our messenger, so harm is inevitable, mockery is inevitable, and ridicule is inevitable, but the caller to Allah must be patient. As for those who are called to Islam, I advise them to accept the truth from whoever it comes from, and not to let emotion lead them to fanaticism. If a young person guides them to the truth, it is obligatory for them to submit to the truth, and not