What is the role of scholars in enjoining good and forbidding evil?

Question:
And I say: Is the role of enjoining good and forbidding evil limited to Your Eminence alone, as we observe from the multitude of questions and remarks that reach Your Eminence? Among these questions is: Where is the role of the other Muslim scholars? Is it a role of silence, submission, and contentment with their positions, or is it not?

Answer:
This is much, praise be to Allah. I must perform my duty. Do you not hear "Nur 'ala al-Darb" (Light on the Path) and the many benefits in it every night, and other things written in newspapers and magazines? The people of knowledge have their role in forbidding evil and calling to good. It is not limited to me, nor to those who speak on "Nur 'ala al-Darb," nor to anyone else. Rather, it is obligatory for all scholars to speak, to preach, and to remind. This is their duty wherever they are: in this country, in Egypt, in Syria, in Iraq, in every place, in India, and in Pakistan. It is obligatory for scholars to speak the truth, to call to the truth, and to convey the religion of Allah through the media, through writings and books, through Friday sermons, and through other means. This is the duty of everyone. If I speak, or so-and-so, or so-and-so, or so-and-so, it does not mean that this is limited to us. Rather, it is sufficient for us to perform part of what is obligatory, and it is upon the others to perform what is obligatory. It is upon each one to perform what is obligatory.