Daniel's manhaj is not salafiyyah. The evidence is his own works as well as who he works with. He mentions a "so called salafi - ashari divide" and refers to critical matters of tawheed as "arcane issues of theology, e.g., issues that were debated 800 years ago but no one is debating today...issues like the precise technical interpretation of Allah's Names and Attributes."

One of the main authors who Daniel publishes on his website is Mufti Moola, who is an anti-salafi deobandi in South Africa. Look at what his institution puts out against salafiyya: https://dua.org.za/content/salafi

Mufti Zameelur Rahmaan who wrote on Daniels website as recently as May 2022 refers to the salafis deragotarily as Mujassimah: https://www.darultahqiq.com/tag/mufti-zameelur-rahman/

Daniel frequently does webinars with anti-salafi deobandis like Mufti Yasir Nadeem Al-Wajidi: