Is our era the era of desire, stinginess, and arrogance in opinion?

Question:
He says: Is this era the era of obeyed stinginess, followed desire, and every person’s delight in his own opinion?

Answer:
No, it has these traits, but that does not mean that this is the era in which a person is left alone, not commanded and not forbidden, because there is obeyed stinginess in it, followed desire in it, and delight in it, but it is not the era in which a person stops from calling to Allah and relies on himself. No, praise be to Allah: the call is heard, beneficial, and useful, and there are those who respond to it.
So he must call to Allah and beware of obeyed stinginess and followed desire, and beware of his influential worldly life, but he must not stop from calling.
Except if a time comes when one is prevented from calling, and punished for it, and not allowed to call any of his brothers, and does not enjoin good or forbid evil; at that time, he relies on himself. But this is not their time, praise be to Allah. Rather, enjoining good, forbidding evil, and the callers to Allah—and praise be to Allah—are permitted; they call to Allah. The fact that some people may err, or may be stopped for their error in some matters, does not prevent calling. So a person must follow the path and remain upright on the straight path and not be prevented.
And if someone is prevented or stopped because he deviated from the path in some matters, or erred in some matters, until he becomes disciplined and until he adheres, this is within the right of the rulers to look into these matters, and to stop those who do not adhere to the method that must be followed, and they must hold accountable those who deviated from the path until they become upright. This is part of cooperating in righteousness and piety. And the state must fear Allah in that, and seek the truth in that, and it must take the opinion of the scholars and consult the scholars. It must do what is required, and the rein must not be left loose, with everyone who comes speaking. No, people may speak who call to the Fire, and people may speak who spread evil and fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), separating people without right.
So the state must consider matters in the Islamic way, in the Muhammadan way, by consulting the scholars, so that the cure is in its place, and the medicine is in its place. And if an error or mistake occurs, it is not to be condemned; who is free from mistake? But the caller may err, and the one who enjoins and forbids may err, and the state may err, and the judge may err, and the ruler may err. Every son of Adam errs, but the believer seeks the truth. The state seeks the truth, and the ruler seeks it, and the judge seeks it, and the caller to Allah seeks it, and the one who enjoins good and forbids evil seeks it. He is not infallible, so if he errs, he is alerted to his error, and directed to good. If he is stubborn, then it is for the state to do with him what prevents stubbornness, whether treatment, discipline, or imprisonment, if he is stubborn against the truth and stubborn against responding. And whoever responds and accepts the truth, praise be to Allah.