I say: This scenario may indeed materialise; yet it is then plain that the responsibility does not rest with those who revived this Sunnah and called people to it, but with those who insisted on opposing it. Any reproach, therefore, falls squarely upon them.

As for the first group, their congregation is the one that is legally sanctioned, for it adheres to the Sunnah practised by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Concerning the description of the Saved Sect, he ﷺ said: “It is the jamaʿah,” and in another wording, “It is what I and my Companions are upon.” 1

Accordingly, the dissent of those who oppose them will not harm them—even if the dissenters are more numerous—for the Prophet ﷺ declared: “A group of my community will never cease to be manifest upon the truth; those who forsake them shall not harm them until Allah’s command comes while they remain upon that state.” 2