Originally Posted by umar_italy Yes, it is! How do you know the Shaykh?
Instead of complaining about the lack of engagement from scholars, why don't you instead help facilitate that engagement. For example, why don't you start a fund collecting money from the public and then pay each scholar in question for one hour a week of their time to respond to emails from the public? Or give up your time and become the typist that types up the responses, as was the practice of the those close to the akabireen of deoband to become their shaykh's scribe.