The Imam of Salafeeyah
The learned scholar Ahmad an-Najmi -Rahimahullaah- said:
‘Salafeeyah has no leader except the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ . Therefore, the Messenger of Allaah is the Imam of Salafeeyah and their exemplary and the Companions of the Messenger of Allaah are their exemplars too.’
[Al-Fatawa al-Jaleeyah p.19]