Advice for One Surrounded by Much Fitnah and Shirk

Question:
The questioner says: In the country where I live, shirk (associating partners with Allah) is prevalent in its various forms. So, make du'a' (supplication) for me so that I may seek knowledge and call to tawhid (the oneness of Allah) in my country.

Answer:
May Allah grant you success in seeking beneficial knowledge and assist you in it. This is a good intention; this is a good intention. Perhaps Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, will enable you to achieve what you intended and aimed for. This is the obligatory duty of the Muslim: to learn in order to benefit himself and to benefit people, and to call to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. I wish that those who seek knowledge and the shaykhs would perform this work and fulfill what Allah has made obligatory upon them, and that they would not become an excuse for the people of falsehood. They say, "So-and-so the scholar was silent, and the scholar said nothing," and they take them as an excuse. So, I wish that the scholars and students of knowledge would fulfill what Allah has made obligatory upon them regarding calling to Allah and clarifying things for people, so that their religious obligation is discharged, people benefit from their knowledge, and they do not become an excuse for the people of evil and the people of shirk.