All of this is false, contrary to what Allah has created and contrary to what Allah has prescribed.

Thus, these people’s demands regarding whom Allah appoints to authority resemble those people’s demands of Him regarding whom He sends, as well as these people’s demands regarding whom He shows mercy to and forgives.

Religious innovations are derived from unbelief; there is no innovated doctrine that does not contain some branch of unbelief.

Just as no generation was more perfect than the generation of the Companions, no faction after them is more perfect than those who follow them. The closer anyone adheres to the hadith, the Sunnah, and the reports of the Companions, the more perfect he is. Such a faction is more worthy of unity, guidance, and holding fast to the rope of Allah, and is further removed from division, discord, and tribulation. The further anyone departs from this, the further he is from mercy and the more deeply he is embroiled in tribulation.

No faction of the Muslim community contains more misguidance and waywardness (1) than [among] the Rāfidah (2), just as no faction of the Muslim community contains more guidance, sound judgment, and mercy than the people of hadith and the pure Sunnah. They champion none but the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—for they are his special followers, and he is their unqualified leader. They never become indignant in defense of anyone else’s view unless it accords with his, and their aim is to support Allah and His Messenger.

And if (3) the Companions, followed by the people of hadith and the pure Sunnah, are more deserving