It is affirmed in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī and Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim from the Ḥadīth of Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace) whenever he stood at night to pray Tahajjud (i.e., night prayer) he would say,
“O Allāh! All the praises are for you, You are the Sustainer of the Heavens and the Earth, and whatever is in them. All the praises are for You; You are the Light of the Heavens, and the Earth, whatever is in them; All the praises are for You; You are the Sovereign of the Heavens and the Earth and whatever is in them; And all the praises are for You; You are al-Haqq (the Truth), and Your Promise is the truth, Your Word is the truth And to meet You is true, Paradise is true, And Hell is true, And all the Prophets are true, And Muḥammad (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) is true, And the Last Hour is true. O Allāh! I surrender (my will) to You; I believe in You and depend on You. And repent to You, And with Your help, I argue (with my opponents, the non-believers) And I take You as a judge (to judge between us). Please forgive me my previous and future sins; And whatever I concealed or revealed And You are the One who make (some people) forward and (some) backward. There is none to be worshiped but you.”

Majority of the creation do not understand these principles [of shirk]; because of that these principles obscure are for them. Consequently they end up worshipping graves, those whom inhabit those graves, the 'Awliyaah of Allah, worshipping trees and stones beside Allah, while they think that they are upon something due on their level of ignorance of the true meaning of Tawheed and the reality of Shirk (Polytheism). The author of these principles is Shaykh- ul-Imam Muhammad bin Abdil-Wahhab, may Allah have mercy upon him; He was the reviver of what was obliterated and wiped out from the Muslim world in this Arabian Peninsula in the second half of the twelve century. He passed away in the year 1206 after hijrah.

The poet began his poem regarding the creed with these two magnificent stanzas. And these lines of poetry contain the call to cling to the Book and the Sunnah; and to beware of innovations. He has begun with them before clarifying the creed and its affairs in accordance with the path of Ahlus-Sunnah within the books of creed since their way, in most instances, was to begin with this affair; and this was an example from them of denoting the source of derivation for the Usool of the religion and its subsidiary branches in order that the structure of the creed and its basis be upon a sound foundation and strong correct principles. When the servant makes the source from which he derives his creed and the source upon which the principles are predicated to be the Book and the Sunnah, then he will see that which is besides it from sources to be rubbish and he will not take anything from them nor will he make them to be a source for him in his religion and his creed. He will only take from the pure source and the pure spring which is neither soiled nor defiled; and thus by way of this his creed will be safe and his Eemaan will be sound. The source of Ahlus-Sunnah in derivation is the Book and the Sunnah. They take from them, derive their evidences from them, and rely upon them. They do not deviate from them in the least. Rather, they are as Al-Awzaa’ee said: “We go with the Book and the Sunnah wherever they go.”They do not invent anything from themselves. Shaykh Al-Islaam, may Allah have mercy upon him, stated: “The creed does not belong to me nor to anyone greater than myself. The creed belongs to Allah and His Messenger (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam).”So from Allah is the Message and upon the Messenger is the conveyance of the Message and upon us is belief and submission. Due to this, we find the books of Ahlus-Sunnah beginning with mention of the source before explaining the creed. This is that which we derive from that which the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) would constantly do within the Friday sermon. He would always say in the beginning of it: “As to proceed; indeed the truest speech is the Book of Allah the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and the worst of all matters and the newly invented matters.”

So that whoever is not proficient in it should not speak about it; nor should anyone who is not certain about its general rules as well as its principles enter upon it (i.e. this subject); nor should anyone, who is neglectful in this matter who does not have Ghaira (i.e sense of honor) about the religion of Allah; then as a result the corrupt ideologies and misguided sects will slip into the religion of Allah; then the truth will be mistaken for falsehood; and is charged to the Ummah, which is not from it and that which is not from it will enter into the religion.

And this subject, whoever does not have religious knowledge, Ma'rifa (i.e. learning something by one of his five senses), and Baseerah (i.e. strong understanding and intelligence) it is not permissible for him to speak concerning this matter; no one should be declared an apostate except the one, whom Allah and/or His Messenger (Sallahu Alayhi Wassalam) has declared him to be an apostate due to him committing one of the nullifiers of islam, which has been agreed upon among the people of knowledge.

For that reason it is obligatory upon the Muslims to learn before he speaks, that he does not speak unless it is upon religious knowledge. Otherwise, he will be declaring a Muslim to be an apostate and he will have certainly committed two tremendous crimes; one of the two is more severe than the other. The greater crime is that he spoke about Allah without knowledge.