Refuting the statement: "The methodology of the Salaf is safer, and the methodology of the Khalaf is more knowledgeable and more precise."

The Shaykh : And in truth, one of the most dangerous things... among these interpretations is the claim of knowledge by these people of interpretation and the attribution of ignorance to the righteous Salaf, but in a soft, non-explicit phrase. They say, and this is established in what they call books of theology, that... every student of knowledge who studies according to the method of the Khalaf will inevitably end up, in the final analysis, with the conclusion that the methodology of the Salaf in these matters is safer, but the methodology of the Khalaf is better and more knowledgeable. This is disbelief itself, because the methodology of the Salaf... Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, who does not speak from desire, it is sufficient to say that he is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and whoever follows his methodology, that is the safest methodology, but the methodology of those who came after them is better and more knowledgeable.
So... as you heard, the methodology of the Salaf is safer, better, and more knowledgeable. So every interpretation they bring forth is a proof against them, and they have no proof in it whatsoever. I think this verse...

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : It has become clear that the true speech of Allah... and the internal speech... As for the truth, it is to describe Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with everything by which He has described Himself. He has described Himself in the Qur'an and in many hadiths that the speech of Allah is truly audible speech, and that it is also comprehensible speech. And in some hadiths, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is described with both: the true speech, which is heard by those who remember Him, who remember Allah among the people, and it also affirms the internal speech.