What is the validity of the statement: “It is not befitting for a judge to issue fatwas, because if people know his ruling on a specific issue, they will come to him to rule in their favor”

Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Some people say that it is not befitting for a judge to issue fatwas; because if people know his ruling on a specific issue, they will come to him to rule in their favor. Is this statement correct?

Answer:
No. If he senses that the person asking him has an opponent, he does not issue a fatwa for him; he tells him, “Bring your opponent.” But if he asks him about a matter in prayer, is there an opponent in a matter of prayer? A matter in wudu’? Matters that do not have two parties? He issues a fatwa for him. A matter in divorce? Is there an opponent? There is no opponent. But if he asks him about a dispute between him and so-and-so regarding land or an orchard or in… this is not [permissible]; this is a dispute. He says, “No, bring your opponent.” Yes.