The ruling on one who assumes the role of issuing fatwas merely by reading books and visiting scholars

The questioner:
The solution is to advise the student of knowledge who has not spoken in the presence of the scholars, but has only made brief visits to them.

The Shaykh:
Rather.

The questioner:
Merely passing visits to them, meaning the scholars, and he desires to read more of the books to benefit from them, and you find him assuming the role of issuing fatwas in everything, even in the major issues, and he criticizes those who do not ask him.

The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. This is speaking about Allah without knowledge. Knowledge is not acquired by reading books, nor by visiting the shaykhs as he says. Knowledge is only acquired by seeking it, seeking religious knowledge, a long duration, and patience in receiving knowledge and asking about what is difficult. This is how one seeks knowledge.
Seeking knowledge has academic institutions, schools, and colleges. It has circles in the mosques with the scholars of the Muslims. The one who wants to seek knowledge must follow this path. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Look, he has taken a path, or he sits and reads, becomes a scholar, issues fatwas, and takes on major tasks while he is ignorant.
In fact, the ignorant person is in a better state than this, because the ignorant person knows that he is ignorant. He does not enter into fatwas, but this person claims knowledge and thinks he is a scholar, so harm results from him to himself and to the Muslims. He must fear Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.