The Shaykh 'Ayd 'Abassi's speech, and his discussion of the Salaf (the earliest generations) and that they are the best of the generations, and that their creed is the sound creed that must be followed.

The student : How can we overlook the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): The scholars agreed that the Muslim community, in its various stages, is divided into the Salaf and the Khalaf (the later generations). If two understandings differ, if two schools of jurisprudence differ, the Salaf and the Khalaf, how can we turn away from the understanding of the Salaf and adopt the opinion of the Khalaf, whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) himself criticized, and praised the former in the same previous hadith? Then he said (peace be upon him): It is obligatory for the Muslim to take pride in being affiliated with the Salaf (the earliest generations), and to call for the adjudication of their understanding of the texts, and in the event of disagreement, for this understanding to be the stronger position over the understanding of the later scholars, except for those who followed their conduct and proceeded on their methodology. After that, I will mention some of the characteristics that the Salafi call possesses, which is affiliated with the Salaf (the earliest generations) and illuminated by their understanding of the texts of the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).