The reason the author cites more than one hadith on the same topic
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We find that the author (may Allah have mercy on him) sometimes cites more than one hadith on a single topic. Why did he not suffice with one hadith for the sake of brevity, since the meaning is the same? Or is the repetition for a specific benefit?
Answer:
Their wordings; he wants them because their wordings differ. It may be that some contain what the others do not, a wording that is not in the other, so they complete one another, or restrict one another, or explain one another. This is the intent. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We find that the author (may Allah have mercy on him) sometimes cites more than one hadith on a single topic. Why did he not suffice with one hadith for the sake of brevity, since the meaning is the same? Or is the repetition for a specific benefit?
Answer:
Their wordings; he wants them because their wordings differ. It may be that some contain what the others do not, a wording that is not in the other, so they complete one another, or restrict one another, or explain one another. This is the intent. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب اللباس — islamhouse.com (53:02)
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