The doubt that the name "the people of the Sunnah and the community" did not exist in the era of the Companions

Question:
The questioner says: Some people argue that the name "the people of the Sunnah and the community" did not exist in the era of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), so the name is an innovation. So the refutation of this doubt, and some of them say that only the people of the Sunnah will be saved.

Answer:
This is a false statement, and I seek refuge in Allah. The term "the people of the Sunnah and the community" exists in the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) which I heard when he said: "You will split into..." They asked: "Who are they?" He said: "Whoever is upon what I and my Companions are upon, that is the people of the Sunnah and the community." Whoever is upon what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions were upon. And he named them the saved sect; because they were saved from the Fire among these sects. So "the saved" is taken from this hadith. The victorious group is from his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "A group from my Ummah will remain upon the truth, and those who abandon them or oppose them will not harm them, until the command of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) comes, and they will be upon that." And "the people of the Sunnah" is taken from his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "after me." So the term "the people of the Sunnah and the community" is taken from the texts of the Book and the Sunnah, and praise be to Allah. But this speaker is either misguiding or ignorant. If he is misguiding, he wants to corrupt the creed of the Muslims and say that you have no creed and you have no Sunnah and community, and this is an innovated statement. Or he is ignorant and does not know what he is saying. So we do not obey this and we do not obey that, but rather we return to the Book of our Lord and the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.