Seeking Fatwa from More Than One Scholar on a Particular Issue

Shaykh Muhammad Saalih al-Uthaymeen was asked:   

Is it permissible to seek fatwa from more than one scholar?

Response: When a person seeks a fatwa from a scholar whom he has trust in his verdict, it is not permissible to ask someone else, because this would lead to toying with the religion of Allaah and seeking out concessions in such a manner that he may ask so and so scholar, and if the answer does not suit him, he asks the second one, and if it does not suit him, he asks a third one, and so on. The scholars said: ‘Whoever seeks out concessions would end up becoming an evil doer.’ 

However, sometimes a person may not have access to the scholars except so and so, so he asks him out of necessity, while having the intention that if he meets a scholar who is more trustworthy than him in his knowledge and religion, he will ask him. In this case, there is no objection to him asking the first one out of necessity, then if he finds one who is better than him, he may ask him. 

Source: Kitaab al-‘Ilm, p. 152 by Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen