Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 48
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا حَوْثَرَةُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي غَالِبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَا ضَلَّ قَوْمٌ بَعْدَ هُدًى كَانُوا عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ أُوتُوا الْجَدَلَ " . ثُمَّ تَلاَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ {بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ} .
Ali ibn al-Mundhir narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us. (Another chain:) Hawtharah ibn Muhammad narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Bishr narrated to us. Both said: Hajjaj ibn Dinar narrated to us, from Abu Ghalib, from Abu Umamah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No people ever went astray after guidance upon which they had been, except that they were given disputation. Then he recited this verse: Rather, they are a contentious people.
Translation notes
The Arabic contains two source routes converging at Hajjaj ibn Dinar. It uses jadl for argumentative disputation and then quotes a Quranic phrase describing them as a contentious people. The English witness paraphrases jadl as indulging in disputes.