Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ قَالَ كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَبَاحٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ هَجَّرْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا فَإِنَّا لَجُلُوسٌ إِذْ اخْتَلَفَ رَجُلَانِ فِي آيَةٍ فَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا هَلَكَتْ الْأُمَمُ قَبْلَكُمْ بِاخْتِلَافِهِمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ.
English Translation
Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated from Abu Imran al-Jawni who said: Abdullah ibn Rabah wrote to me narrating from Abdullah ibn Amr who said: "I went early to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) one day. While we were sitting, two men disagreed about a verse, and their voices rose. He said: 'The nations before you were only destroyed by their disagreement over the Scripture.'"