Reconciling the verse “What the Messenger gives you, take it” with the hadith on wudu’

Question:
He says: The Shaykh mentioned the hadith regarding al-Zayra (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “When you perform wudu’, I command you…” and he mentioned a command from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to the Messenger of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and what He gave you, and that you should become… and what you sleep… so you are…

Answer:
Yes, what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded is to be taken. The obligatory is to be taken as obligatory, and the recommended is to be taken as recommended. So if we do the recommended, we have taken what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) gave us. The command here is for recommendation. So whoever does it has taken what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him, and whoever leaves it has done nothing wrong because it is recommended, so it is not obligatory. There is no contradiction between saying it is recommended and His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He) because this includes the obligatory and includes the recommended.