What is your opinion of the statement of some people: “It is not permissible to affiliate oneself with the Salaf, because Salafiyyah has become one of the parties”?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, we hear some people saying that it is not permissible to affiliate oneself with the Salaf, and they consider Salafiyyah to be one of the parties currently in existence. What is your opinion of this statement?

Answer:
Yes, the Salaf are the party of Allah. The Salaf are a party, but they are the party of Allah. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: So the Salaf aligned themselves with the Book and the Sunnah and with the Companions, and thus they became the party of Allah. As for those who opposed them, they are misguided parties, contrary to the parties. The parties differ; there is the party of Allah and there is the party of Satan, as in the end of Surat al-Mujadilah. There is the party of Allah and there is the party of Satan. So the parties differ.
So whoever is upon the light of the methodology of the Book and the Sunnah is of the party of Allah. And whoever is upon the methodology of misguidance is of the party of Satan. You are given the choice: you can be of the party of Allah, or you can be of the party of Satan. You are given the choice. Yes.