A Call to Scholars to Utilize Media for Spreading Knowledge

Question:
What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, regarding the fact that scholars do not engage in outreach, do not voice their opinions in the media, and do not guide the Muslims, as well as the scholars’ withdrawal from the rulers? All of this.

Answer:
Because, as mentioned, it is obligatory for the scholar to exert his effort. Praise be to Allah, much of this has already taken place. Many people of knowledge have clarified and explained, and they have written and explained on the radio, in the media, and in newspapers. They have clarified a great deal. However, you may ask where the responders are, whether from the general public or the specialists. It is not at the optimal level; rather, the need calls for more than that. It calls for the remaining people of knowledge to also step up. These matters are a collective obligation (fard kifayah). When enough people perform them to clarify its right, that is sufficient. But if many do so, and scholars in every place follow one another in calling to Allah, and in explaining what is happening, that is more beneficial for the people, and more complete in guiding them and alerting them.