Speaking about the hadith of the saved sect, and whether there is other evidence from the Book and the Sunnah and the understanding of the Salaf that points to the saved sect, such as: (what I am upon and my Companions)

The Shaykh : From here, we state clearly that we take pride when we belong to the righteous Salaf, and we do not belong to a person, organization, or group, no matter how high its status, for it is not infallible, and it is not desirable to adhere to it for the sake of its person or itself. This is unlike the righteous Salaf. You have heard from the previous hadith in the definition of the saved sect: it is the one that is upon what I am upon, meaning the Messenger and his Companions. Therefore, adhering to what the Companions were upon is very necessary. A questioner might ask: Does this hadith, which added to the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) what the noble Companions were upon, have any other corroboration in the Book of Allah or in a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that confirms this meaning I am currently discussing? That is, that it is not sufficient for us to say "Book and Sunnah," but it is necessary to include with them the methodology of the righteous Salaf. Is there anything other than the hadith of the saved sect? We say: Yes. First, we have a verse from the Book of Allah, and second, another hadith from the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). As for the verse, readers of the Book of Allah often read it, but few of them pay attention to the following point that we understood from a short phrase mentioned by our Lord (Mighty and Majestic), which is His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): The Messenger is mentioned, and it did not stop there, but He added to it His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): So here is a third thing, exactly as in the previous hadith: Among them are his Companions? They are the believers mentioned in the verse: Everyone who has some knowledge of Arabic culture feels with me completely that this phrase, which is conjoined to what came before it: If it were removed from our minds, we would lose the rule I mentioned earlier. We would lose the clarification. If the verse were as I will say, and whoever opposes the Messenger after the guidance has become clear to him, We will turn him to what he has turned to, do you think we would lose something or not?

The questioner : We would lose.

The Shaykh : We would lose a great deal, and a very great deal. And this loss, in reality, my brothers, is the cause of the deviation of many sects, both ancient and modern, from the Book and the Sunnah. That is because they imposed their concepts and their minds on the texts of the Book and the Sunnah and interpreted them without having any basis in what the righteous Salaf were upon and what was the path of the believers. And on this occasion, I give many examples, but I will suffice for now, because I feel that the word proposed by our brother Ramadan, may Allah reward him with good, will take up more of the time for questions, and therefore I do not want to expand on giving examples. So I will suffice with one clear example of how Muslims can deviate from the Book of Allah when they ride on their heads and interpret it without relying on the path of the believers, which the later generations inherited from the earlier ones. You all hear of a contemporary sect that has not existed for less than a century, namely the Qadiani sect.