How can one reconcile the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (Allah did not send a prophet except that there were people in his nation who would follow his guidance and adopt his Sunnah)

The questioner : The question is how to reconcile the two sayings of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and the other hadith

The Shaykh : What appears to me, and Allah knows best, in the answer is that the hadith "There is no prophet except..." What is the text of the hadith?

The questioner : He was sent,

The Shaykh : Allah did not send a prophet except that there were among his people those who would follow his guidance. This is one of the general texts that is specified by the other hadith, in which it was shown to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) that he had no one with him. That is, the general rule—and this is a certainty based on reason and observation—is that when Allah the Exalted sent the prophets, there must have been some who responded to their call. However, the number of responders may be few or many. This does not negate that there were some individual prophets to whom no one responded at all. Thus, the first hadith is understood in terms of the general case regarding the relationship between callers and those called, or between prophets and those called. Generally, those called respond to the call of the prophets because it is a call to truth, with the difference being, as we said, in the number, whether many or few. But sometimes, no one responds to the messenger at all, and this is part of the trial and testing from Allah the Exalted.
Therefore, the reconciliation between the two hadiths is based on the principle of applying the general to the specific, and thereby the difficulty is resolved. This does not pose a difficulty for students of knowledge, because, for example, as Allah the Exalted said , this is exactly like if a questioner asked how to reconcile the verse with his saying (peace be upon him) ? The answer is: "Forbidden to you is dead meat, except..." and "blood, except..." This means that this text is general; the Qur'anic text is a general text, and what is mentioned in the hadith specifies it. Similarly, the general principle is that every prophet sent by Allah the Exalted had those who responded to him, except we take the exception from the second hadith, where the prophet was shown and he had no one with him. So it is general and specific; this is how the reconciliation is done.