What is the guidance for one who advises people without response?

Question:
A person calls to Allah, enjoins good, and forbids evil, but no one listens to him. What is your advice for this person?

Answer:
That does not harm him, but he must seek out a beneficial approach; for I fear that the lack of benefit stems from his poor style, harshness, and violence. He should change his approach and look into the reasons for the lack of benefit. Why? He must hold himself to account: either he is a person of sins, and they look down on him because he is a person of sins, saying what he does not do, and this is a grave and serious defect; or he does not know how to conduct the call to Allah; or for other reasons. So let him look, let him hold himself to account, and let him fear Allah. He has not failed except because of a sin among his sins, and this is the case in most instances.
It may be that no one listens to him even if he were the most righteous of people, but he should hold himself to account and look. If he finds something, let him address it. If he finds nothing, praise be to Allah, and it does not harm him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained in Makkah for a long time—thirteen years—and only a few responded to him. This does not harm him, just as you heard in the hadith of Ibn Abbas: he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , and in the narration of Muslim it was: Some prophets were not obeyed by anyone at all; they did not accept anything from them, but rather killed them. On the Day of Resurrection, he will come alone, with no one with him, and no one from his entire community followed him. This does not harm him. He has fulfilled what was required of him, and praise be to Allah.