they have differed over certain matters, such differences are inherent in human nature. Desires and doubts are inseparable from humankind, as Allah Most High says:

“But man undertook it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.”
(72)
[al-Ahzāb 72]

No human being has been entirely free of this. Yet the more excellent and accomplished a person is, the more complete his knowledge of the truth and his adherence to it. The community of Muhammad is the most complete in knowing the truth and acting upon it, and thus is the best of all communities. Among them, the people of the Sunnah—those who know the hadith of Allah’s Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, understand their meanings, and follow them—are more complete in knowledge and practice than others. Their knowledge is the most certain and thorough because they follow the Messenger, understand his words, know what they convey, and profess it. This is contrary to these people’s claim that verbal proofs cannot establish the speaker’s intended meaning with certainty.

Moreover, it is known that the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, possessed the greatest knowledge of the truth, was the most sincere of all creation in seeking the good of others, and was the most perfect in exposition, worship, and guidance to the truth. When knowledge, ability, and will are all present, the intended outcome must follow. How, then, could the intended meaning of the one greatest in knowledge, exposition, and guidance remain unknown, when