Ibn Taimiyyah on the Madhhab of the Salaf
It is the Madhhab of the Sahabah (the Companions) which they took from their Prophet. Whoever contradicts it, is, according to Ahl-As-Sunnah wa Al-Jama`ah, a Mubtadi` (innovator in the religion).” (Ibn Taimiyyah. Minhaj As-Sunnah, 2/601)