The Hadith:

عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :

(( مَا ضَلَّ قَوْمٌ بَعْدَ هُدًى كَانُوا عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أُوتُوا الْجَدَلَ ، ثُمَّ تَلَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ : ﴿ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًا بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ ﴾ ))
[ الترمذي ابن ماجه

‘No people become misguided after being upon guidance except due to them being trialed with excessive arguing’

The hadith has been reported by al-Imaam at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Maajah and others.

Translated by

AbdulFattaah bin Uthman
Abu Fajr