Clarification that the Najdi Wahhabis agree with the rest of the Muslims in following a school of jurisprudence

The Shaykh : ... They do not deny visiting the graves of the believers in general, but they deny what happens from some of the ignorant people when visiting graves. The truth is that this is an error, and you are not to be blamed; you may be angry, and the one who conveys disbelief is not a disbeliever, and the one who conveys an error is not one who errs. But this error is recorded; meaning, we have read in many letters that those whom people call Wahhabis deny visiting graves. Perhaps you all know that these people do not call themselves Wahhabis; rather, it is people who call them Wahhabis. Their history does not go back more than two hundred years, because they are the followers of Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. This is what Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and his group, known today as the Najdis or the Saudis, have said. They appeared after Ibn Taymiyyah by approximately four hundred or five hundred years. Ibn Taymiyyah said what they say; more precisely, they say what Ibn Taymiyyah said. So, is Ibn Taymiyyah a Wahhabi, when he appeared three or four centuries before Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab? Of course not.

The questioner : He is a Wahhabi.

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : They say that he is, on the basis that he is the founder of a school of jurisprudence with them, because they do not want to mention the Wahhabis among them. But their teachings, which... now, on the basis that it is the correct Sunnah, they believe so; it is the correct Sunnah.

The Shaykh : Correct, we agree with you, but—may Allah bless you.

The questioner : ... The naming, as you mentioned, is taken from Ibn Taymiyyah.

The Shaykh : It is so, yes, I believe the Wahhabis differ from the rest of the Muslims in one thing: we have to follow people in the name, but we do not believe in this word. Because the truth is, one of their poets says:
"If following Ahmad is being Wahhabi, then I affirm that I am a Wahhabi."
This is on the same meter as what was narrated from Imam al-Shafi'i when he said:
"If loving the family of Muhammad is Rafidah, then I—what?—am a Rafidi."

Another questioner : Then I affirm.

The Shaykh : Is there no poet among you who can correct this meter for us:
"If loving the family of Muhammad is Rafidah, then let the two weighty ones bear witness that I am a Rafidi."
He quoted from him and said:
"If following Ahmad is being Wahhabi, then I affirm that I am a Wahhabi."
The group of Najdis, these are they.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : Those whom people call Wahhabis agree with the Muslims in the fundamentals of following a school of jurisprudence, just as most Muslims today are either Hanafis, Malikis, Shafi'is, or Hanbalis. These Najdis are Hanbalis, so they are exactly like the rest of the Muslims in following a school of jurisprudence. They differ from the rest of the Muslims in a very important aspect, which is their understanding of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) as a correct understanding, an understanding of the phrase "La ilaha illa Allah" that saves its speaker from eternal abode in the Fire... because, as we all know, it has come in the Noble Qur'an: , They have studied this creed with great precision; their young children know this creed better than the elders among us know it. So, in the matter of tawhid, they are truly a model for all people. But from the perspective of jurisprudence, they are followers of a school. We agree with them in tawhid, and we differ from them in following a school of jurisprudence.