What is your guidance for graduates of the Shari'ah colleges in light of the lack of employment?

The questioner : There are also many questions regarding graduates of the Shari'ah departments in the university, and what has been said about them recently. We will suffice with this question regarding the rest, and these are the remaining questions.

The Shaykh : Leave it to the Shaykh, that is all.

The questioner : No, this is what is required, but the brothers are not satisfied.

The Shaykh : No, it is not required. I mean, we just quarrel.

The questioner : Okay. You know, may Allah preserve you, what has befallen the graduates of the Shari'ah colleges regarding the lack of employment in the field of teaching, which may cause a lack of interest in these colleges. We hope that this matter is studied with the rulers in this blessed state, which strives with all its effort for Shari'ah knowledge and its people.

The Shaykh : This is worthy of attention. And what was mentioned or the confusion that occurred a few months ago will have no basis, if Allah wills. The state needs Shari'ah scholars.
And the Muslim community in general needs Shari'ah scholars. You know, rather, I know that the purest and cleanest creed studied in the universities of the Kingdom, praise be to Allah, is a pure Salafi creed. The Islamic world needs these people, and perhaps the day will come when the one who graduates from these universities becomes an imam in other Islamic lands. This is because I feel that Muslims today in other countries, according to the letters that come to us or what we hear, are thirsty for the correct methodology and for the Salafi creed. And I tell you this by way of speaking, not by way of seeking guidance through prayer (istikharah). Last year in the Sacred Mosque, as is my custom, I was speaking about what the imam recites in prayer. Among the matters I spoke about was the issue of the Highness of the Lord, Mighty and Majestic, and His rising above His Throne. I explained what I remembered of the evidence for that: the textual, rational, innate, and social evidence. Then a young student stood up. He was writing down everything he heard. He was a student from China, but he mastered classical Arabic, not our Arabic, we common people? Classical Arabic. He said to him, "Glory be to Allah," and he said to me, "Glory be to Allah, and all these evidences are in these evidences." He said, "By Allah, my heart opened and my chest expanded for them, and I was convinced by them, but we study the opposite. It is taught that whoever says in the Highness of Allah, the essential Highness, or His rising above His Throne is a disbeliever who likens Allah to creation. But by Allah, he said in the Sacred Mosque, 'I have been convinced by what you said.'" So I said to him, "May Allah bless you, go with it to your people and correct it among them." Does this not indicate that the youth in Islamic lands need guidance? Answer: No, no, by Allah, now even the general people, praise be to Allah, we find them looking at the scholars of this land with reverence and imitation. So much so that some of them say, "You must do such and such, unless you have issued a fatwa to the contrary." Because I see that if one issues a fatwa contrary to the truth and does what he issued the fatwa for, his conscience is cleared. Because Allah said: And Allah the Exalted did not command us to ask the people of knowledge except to take their fatwa. So I say to him, "Unless you have issued a fatwa to the contrary." He says, "No, I do not raise it. Tell me your fatwa."
What does this speech indicate? That the scholars of this land are imams in other lands. So I say, you, if Allah wills, did not come to these universities in the Shari'ah sciences except seeking that the word of Allah be the highest. And if Allah places it in your hands, then for Allah to guide one man through you is better for you than red camels. Do not despair; the outcome is for the righteous. So strive and work hard.
And study the textual evidence and the rational evidence. Do not let the rational evidence be missed by you, because among the stubborn ones who reject the textual evidence are those who are not convinced except by rational evidence. And look at the speech of the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and those before him of the imams, how they use rational matters as evidence for creedal issues, because rational matters cannot be denied. Do not say, "We have textual evidence, and by Allah, the textual evidence is sufficient for everything." But for whom is it sufficient?
, but the non-believer needs rational evidence. And rational evidence, or reasoning with rational matters, reasoning with rational evidence, exists in the Qur'an and exists in the Sunnah. Does not Allah the Exalted establish the resurrection by what? What we observe of the earth being given life after its death. Is that not so? And He says: Does not Allah the Exalted establish the resurrection by what happened at the beginning of creation? He says: Does not Allah establish the resurrection by His ability to do what is greater? Did not a man come to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with a matter that was very difficult for him and worthy of difficulty? He said, "O Messenger of Allah, my wife gave birth to a black boy." And he and his wife, what is their color? They are white, a black boy between two white parents, how is this? And I think he did not accuse his wife of adultery, but he wanted to resolve this difficulty for him. How is this? And among the wisdom of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), who was the best of people in teaching, he said to him, "Do you have any camels?" He said, "Yes." He said, "What are their colors?" He said, "Their colors are red." He said, "Are there any among them that are white?" Meaning, the most famous white, which is whiteness and blackness in its hair resembling paper, i.e., silver. He said, "Are there any among them that are white?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Where did this come from?" He said, "O Messenger of Allah, perhaps it was taken from a vein." Glory be to Allah, is the answer correct or not? The answer is correct. He said, "So your son, perhaps the slave took it. It is possible that one of his fathers or grandfathers or mothers or grandmothers was black." So this is reasoning with real matters so that the person is convinced. So I say, may Allah bless you,