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"So if he (the Ameer) employs a person who has the qualification of a Ph.D; for example he had a Ph.D in fiqh and then he appointed him as a judge and it becomes clear that he does not have the fiqh that qualifies him for this position, then we say: this level of qualification he has, which he may have even gotten through cheating and deceit does not justify that he stay in the position of judging amongst the people at all.  Rather, he should be removed.  Furthermore, the positions obtained because of present day degrees are not the only thing in which we judge an individual.  How many of the people do not have this degree, and if they are compared to the one who has a degree, (the one with the degree) could not fill his shoes.  And the carrier of this degree would be incapable to match the one who does not have a degree.  However, he (the one without the degree) is very good in fiqh and this is something witnessed.  So all in all, it is obligatory that we give positions to those who are capable with its true meaning, not just by having worldly degrees." End of Shaykh al-'Uthaymeen's words.