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

Question:
There are evils that are greater and whose correction falls upon the scholars rather than the common people, such as riba (usury or interest) banks. What are the efforts of the scholars in executing this terrible evil?

Answer:
There is no doubt that it is an evil, and there is no doubt that it is obligatory to change it. To the extent of their ability, they publicize the matters and urge them to prevent riba, and they warn them of the consequences. We ask Allah to grant them success and guide them, and to make them beneficial through His causes. There is no doubt that the evil of riba is high and its impact is great, even outside of banks, not just with banks, but with merchants and others where riba exists in their transactions. So there is no doubt that it is obligatory to eliminate it and prevent it, so that their transactions continue as loans. We ask Allah to grant the state success in this, to help them with it, to rectify their unemployment, and to elevate them to all good. Yes.