Is there a contradiction between the hadith, “The Shaytan has despaired of being worshipped in the Arabian Peninsula,” and the shirk (associating partners with Allah) that existed before the reformist call?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is there a contradiction between the hadith, “The Shaytan has despaired of being worshipped in the Arabian Peninsula,” and the shirk that existed before the call of Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab?

Answer:
No, and even after that, shirk still exists. However, the Shaytan has despaired of being worshipped by the worshippers in the Arabian Peninsula, but he is content with what you consider insignificant from your deeds. The hadith reports that the Shaytan despaired; it does not mean that Allah removed shirk and that it will never return.
It did not say that Allah caused the Shaytan to despair, or that Allah cut off the Shaytan’s hope in the Muslims. Rather, it reported that the Shaytan himself is the one who despaired. When he saw the strength of Islam and the strength of the religion, he despaired at that time. This does not prevent the existence of those who associate partners with Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and this continues because Allah the Exalted and Majestic intends by this to distinguish the Muslim from the disbeliever and the believer from the hypocrite. Were it not for this, it would not have become clear. Were it not for the existence of these polytheists, disbelievers, and hypocrites, the truthful in his faith would not have been distinguished from the liar. People would have become equal. Yes.