What are the foundations of heresies upon which the people of innovation build their heresies?

The foundations of innovation upon which the people of innovation build their innovations, and their common characteristics, are:

1. Division (Firqa): Allah the Almighty said: "Indeed, those who divided their religion and became sects - you are not [associated] with them in anything."

2. Following whims and desires (Hawa): Allah the Almighty said: "Have you seen he who takes his god as his [own] desire, and Allah sends him astray knowingly?"

3. Following the ambiguous (Mutashabih): Allah the Almighty said: "As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord and seeking an interpretation [suitable to them]."

4. Contradicting the Sunnah with the Qur'an: And claiming sufficiency in the Qur'an over the Sunnah.

5. Hate for the People of the Narration (Ahl al-Athar): And slandering them.

6. Attributing titles to the People of the Sunnah: With the intention of disparaging them.

7. Abandoning the adoption of the methodology of the Pious Predecessors (Salaf): And moving away from following them.

8. Declaring those who disagree with them as disbelievers without proof: As done by the Khawarij, the Mu'tazilah, and the Jahmiyyah.