What is your opinion regarding those who apply the label Wahhabi to those who follow the methodology of the Salaf?

Question:
A questioner says: Our country follows the methodology of the Salaf, and some people call us Wahhabis. What is your opinion?

Answer:
What does this matter to you as long as you are upon the methodology of the Salaf and upon the creed of tawhid (the oneness of Allah)? If they call you Wahhabi, that is a source of pride for you. The Wahhabis, in their true essence, are upon the religion of Allah, upon tawhid, and upon calling to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So you have nothing to do with this talk. Hold fast to the truth, and it will not harm you if they say this or that, or that you are extremists, or rigid, or Wahhabis, or otherwise. Titles do not matter to us. Yes, what matters to us is the reality. If we are upon the truth, we do not care about the labels or the disparagement. As for the one who is not upon the truth, it is obligatory for him to return to the truth. Yes. If they say to you, "You are Wahhabis," say, "Explain to us. Explain to us the Wahhabi school. Clarify it for us. Explain it, for they may not know the Wahhabi school; they may be ignorant, or they may know it and want to cast a shadow over it. So you should ask them to challenge you and ask them to clarify to you what the Wahhabis are upon, as they claim. If it is truth, then the truth is what is followed. And if it is falsehood, and we disavow to Allah from that, then the falsehood is abandoned. Yes.