The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not argue using the Quran, and do not contradict one part of Allah's Book with another. By Allah, the believer may argue using the Quran and prevail, and the hypocrite may argue using the Quran and prevail."
عن النبي ﷺ قال: لا تجادلوا بالقرآن، ولا تكذبوا كتاب الله بعضه ببعض، فوالله إن المؤمن ليجادل بالقرآن فيغلب، وإن المنافق ليجادل بالقرآن فيغلب.
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Tabarani narrated it in Musnad Shamiyin (942), from Muhammad bin Husayn bin Qutayba, who said, "Muhammad bin Khalaf narrated to us, Abu Yaman narrated to us, Safwan bin Amr narrated to us, from Abdul-Rahman bin Jubayr bin Nufayr, from his father, from Nawas bin Saman," who said, and then he related it as mentioned above.Its isnad is sahih. Muhammad bin Husayn bin Qutayba is a mistake, the correct name being Muhammad bin Hasan bin Qutayba, who is trustworthy, Daraqutni and Dhahabi both having deemed him so, and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy, being among the narrators of Taqrib.(Recitation is a followed sunnah)Saeed bin Mansur narrated it in Fadail al-Quran, from the introduction to his tafsir (report number 67), from Zayd bin Thabit, as his own statement. This was also narrated from Umar bin Khattab, Urwa bin Zubayr, Amir Shaybi, Muhammad bin Munkadir, and Umar bin Abdul-Aziz. Ibn Mujahid (d. 324 AH) mentioned it in his book Sabah fi Qiraat.Bayhaqi said, "He only meant, and Allah knows best, that following those before us in the letters and in the recitations is a followed sunnah. It is not permissible to contradict the Quranic text, which is the standard, nor to contradict the recitations that are well known, even if something else were permissible in the language, or even more evident than it. And success comes from Allah." His Sunan al-Kubra (2/385).One of the causes of disagreement concerning the Quran is interpreting it according to personal opinion. Among the reports narrated on this subject is what was reported from Abu Bakr Siddiq, "Which sky would shade me, and which earth would carry me, if I spoke about the Book of Allah according to my own opinion?"Bayhaqi narrated it in Madkhal (791, 792, 793), and in Shuab al-Iman (2082), through many other routes from Abu Bakr.From Anas bin Malik, that he heard Umar bin Khattab recite, "And caused to grow therein grain and grapes and vegetation, and olive trees and palm trees and dense orchards, and fruit and grass" [Abasa 80:27–31], then he said, "All of this we recognize, but what is 'grass'?" Then he shook a staff that was in his hand and said, "This, by the life of Allah, is placing a burden upon oneself. Follow what is clear to you from this Book."Bayhaqi narrated it in Shuab al-Iman (2084).Ibrahim Taymi said, "Umar bin Khattab was alone one day, talking to himself, so he sent for Ibn Abbas and said, 'How is it that this nation differs, while its Book is one, its Prophet is one, and its qiblah is one?' Ibn Abbas said, 'O commander of the faithful, the Quran was revealed to us, and we recited it, and we knew the occasion of its revelation. But there will come after us people who recite the Quran without knowing the occasion of its revelation, so each group will have its own opinion about it, and when each group has its own opinion, they will differ, and when they differ, they will fight one another.' Umar rebuked him and scolded him, so Ibn Abbas withdrew. Then Umar called him back later, having recognized the truth of what he had said, and said, 'Yes, go on.'"Bayhaqi narrated it in Shuab al-Iman (2086). His saying "rebuked him" means he scolded him and forbade him.