Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Ḥadīth in every time and age have been a trial for the inhabitants of the earth. The people of Sunnah became distinguishable through their love and praise for them, and the people of innovations were exposed through their enmity and hatred for them.

ʿAbd al-Latīf ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman ibn Ḥasan (d. AH 129) raḥimahullāh, in al-Durar al-Sunniyah (4/102)
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