Salafiyyah is not a Hizbi (partisan) Madhhab - QSEP

The second (reason) is true (i.e., they have turned away from the
understanding of as-Salaf as-Saaleh) because it is the predecessors
from as-Salaf as-Saaleh, who were upon the Straight Path, and they
did not understand the proofs stated (by those who came later on),
etc. except in the way they (i.e., the Sahabah) understood, and these
innovations were not in them and they did not act upon it."
[end quote of Imam ash-Shatibi
from 'al-Muwafiqaat', (3/73)]
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An Example of the Third Situation:
The issue is not acted upon by the Sahabah (at all)
The Bidah of Tawassul by the Dhaat of Prophet
A narration in Tirmidhee mentions the story of a blind man, who
requests the Prophet to supplicate for his sight to be restored. Allah's
Messenger's teaches him a Dua, which includes Tawassul by the
Prophet's Dua (which is one of the 3 prescribed forms of Tawassul) BUT
– the proponents of Tawassul by the Dhaat (person) of the Prophet insist
that the Tawassul taught by the Prophet is Tawassul by the Dhaat of the
Prophet.
So, one of the arguments, which the scholars bring up in reply to
the proponents of Tawassul by Dhaat is that such an act is not acted
upon by the Sahabah at all and therefore, Shaikh Abdul-Aziz aal-Shaikh
writes in reply to Maliki al-Alawi,
"He who thinks that this Hadeeth (of the blind man) holds proof of
Tawassul by Dhaat, then he is required to be cross-examined, and
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