They say it is an innovation

Reference: https://x.com/muath_khoja/status/1065082094077050880

قال ابن كثير رحمه الله:
" وَأَمَّا أَهْلُ السُّنَّةِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ فَيَقُولُونَ
في كلّ فعلٍ وقوْلٍ لم يَثبتْ عن الصَّحابةِ:
هُوَ بِدْعَةٌ؛
لِأَنَّهُ لو كان خَيْرًا لسبقونا إليه،
لأنهم لم يَتْرُكُوا خَصْلَةً منْ خِصَالِ الْخَيْرِ إِلَّا وقد بَادَرُوا إِلَيْهَا ".
التفسير (7/ 278)

— د. معاذ بن عبدالرحيم خوجة (@muath_khoja) November 21, 2018

Tafseer Ibn Katheer v7 p278

Ibn Katheer said:

And as for Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah, then regarding every action and speech which has not been [authentically] reported from the companions [of the Prophet ﷺ] – then they say it is an innovation.

That is because if there was any good in it, then they would have preceded us in it, since they did not leave any good practice except that they hastened to it.

Translation originally published on 24 November, 2018.