Is it correct to attribute to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah the statement that it is not permissible to issue a fatwa that contradicts the established fatwa in a country?

The questioner : I found the statement of Shaykh al-Islam and understood from it that if the fatwa in a country is on a specific matter, and people do not deviate from it, or no other ruling is issued regarding it,

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : I also found a statement close to this from Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim.

The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. Our Shaykh, may Allah have mercy on him, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa'd, says that this is the statement of Shaykh Husam and Shaykh Abu Ibrahim, and I have not come across it. However, our Shaykh says that the common people have no right to anything other than what their recognized scholars have said. So if a common person, for example, says, "I follow the one who holds that smoking is forbidden," we say, "No, we do not agree." Likewise, if the fatwa is widespread in a country, and mentioning the disagreement causes harm, it is obligatory to avoid it. It is obligatory to avoid it, unless the fatwa contradicts an explicit text. We hope, if Allah wills, to look into what you mentioned so you can convey it to us. May Allah reward you with good.

The presenter : But I do not have it with me.

The Shaykh : If I go to the country, if Allah wills, because this is important, as people are now in a state of confusion due to the anomalous fatwas issued by some young people. These are anomalous opinions that are not binding in their public display. You find many common people now confused, poor souls, coming to ask, "What do you say about such and such? What do you say about such and such?"