What is the authenticity of attributing *Majmu' al-Fatawa* to Ibn Taymiyyah?

Question:
Is everything in Ibn Taymiyyah's *Majmu' al-Fatawa* authentically attributed to him, or are there fatwas that have been attributed to him?

Answer:
It is known that the scholar who compiled it, the distinguished Shaykh Abd al-Rahman ibn Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him), exerted effort and was diligent in gathering it from its sources. He traveled long distances for this purpose, searched for it, and was accompanied by his son Muhammad, and they both exerted effort in this matter.
What we know from what we have reviewed of it is that it is correct and that its attribution to him is authentic. This does not mean that every letter and every word is free from error; some errors may occur from some copyists or some printers. However, the original manuscripts are consulted, the error becomes clear, and the mistake is revealed. If you find a word or phrase that does not fit his creed or what is known in his speech, it is referred back to the original manuscripts, and it is known that it is an error: either from the one who copied it, or from the one through whose hands it was printed.
The Shaykh's creed is known, and his speech is known in the books (may Allah have mercy on him). If a person finds a word in the fatwas that is unclear to him, or a phrase that is unclear to him, it is obligatory for him to refer it back to the known texts from his speech in his great books. This is the obligation of the people of truth: to refer the ambiguous to the clear, just as it is obligatory in the Book of Allah, in the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and in the speech of all the scholars.