Is seeking recommendations from scholars for the sake of seeking authority permissible?

Question:
Is seeking recommendations from scholars considered seeking authority? And if a person needs them to complete his studies, is that considered seeking authority?

Answer:
No, this is cooperation in righteousness and piety if he takes a recommendation in order to seek knowledge, then this is cooperation in righteousness and piety. Or if he takes a recommendation to help him with a debt he carries or a debt he is burdened with, and he is unable to pay it off, so one of the prominent people or one of the scholars writes with him that he is truthful and that he is deserving, this is from the category of cooperation in righteousness and piety.
As for if he writes with him that he is deserving of the job or deserving of the authority, and he does not know about him, this is not permissible. He recommends him while he does not know whether he will carry the job or not, or whether he has the qualifications or not, but rather it is from the category of panic, or this is not permissible. Yes.