The 3 Types Of Different Scholars
There are three types of scholars:
1.State scholar - It is one who looks what state want, and immediately gives them fatwa, just look what the president says or the minister and etc. Looks what president make halal so this is halal, what he make haram so this is haram. This is the scholar of the state.
2.Ummah scholar - It is one who follow that is appropriate and fits to people, even if it was contrary to the truth and hes personal option. He is a scholar but closely monitoring follow the people, and he is same as the first one, a sinner, and hes knowledge will cost him.
3.Millat scholar - It is one who dont pays attention to the state neither to the people (when issuing fatwas), giving fatwas according to that which is indicated by the Qur'an and Sunnah a nation happy or not. And this is a real scholar, scholar devotees.
— Sheikh Muhammad Salih Al-‘Uthaymeen