When is a young student of knowledge permitted to teach?

Question:
The questioner asks: What do you advise students who seek knowledge from their shaykhs for a short period and then become independent in teaching and issuing fatwas?

Answer:
This is an error. One does not become independent in teaching unless he has become a scholar and obtained ijazah (authorization to teach) from his shaykhs. If he has obtained ijazah from his shaykhs, he is qualified to be a teacher. However, if he has not obtained ijazah, neither from a college or Islamic university, nor from a well-known scholar, he is not qualified to be a teacher. Yes.